Released:
1914-08-14

Overview:
Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly couple from their poor home. Whereupon he empties his own and Colin's purse, pays the Beadle, and then resume their journey. Overcome with the pangs of hunger, they "lift " the purses of a couple of corpulent monks. For this breach of law both Villon and Colin are arrested and thrown into prison. This film and By the Sun's Rays are two of Chaney's earliest surviving films.

Director:
Charles Giblyn

Runtime:
0h 29min

Genre:
Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  Murdock MacQuarrie
  as
  François Villon
• 
  Pauline Bush
  as
  Philippa de Annonay
• 
  Lon Chaney
  as
  Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
• 
  Doc Crane
  as
  King Louis XI
• 
  Chester Withey
  as
  Colin