If I Were King is a 1920 American silent drama film produced by Fox Film Corporation, directed by J. Gordon Edwards, and starring William Farnum as François Villon with Fritz Leiber, Sr. and Betty Ross Clarke.
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Plot
The famed poet and vagabond rogue Francois Villon is by odd circumstances given the opportunity to rule France for a week. Adventure and intrigue ensue.
Cast
William Farnum as François Villon
Betty Ross Clarke as Katherine
Fritz Leiber Sr. as Louis XI
Walter Law as Thibault
Henry Carvill as Triestan
Claude Payton as Montigney
V.V. Clogg as Toison D'Or
Harold Clairmont as Noel
Renita Johnson as Huguette
Kathryn Chase as Elizabeth
Preservation status
A copy of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress. It is one of the few surviving J. Gordon Edwards films