If I Were King
A Cinema Bullseye
1920 · 78 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama
J. Gordon Edwards silent adventure melodrama about a famous poet who is allowed to rule France for a week!
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards · Written by E. Lloyd Sheldon
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William Farnum François Villon -
Betty Ross Clarke Katherine de Vaucelles -
Fritz Leiber Louis XI -
Walter Law Thibault - H Henry Carvill Triestan
- C Claude Payton Montigney
- V V.V. Clogg Toison D'Or
- H Harold Clairmont Noel
- R Renita Johnson Huguette
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