Walter Hampden credited as playing...
King Louis XI
- King Louis XI: Once more the shadows darken Paris, and now Charles proposes to hang me from one of my own apple trees - no doubt from the very one I was saving for him.
- King's Aid: Salmon do not swim back once they have slipped through your fingers.
- King Louis XI: Alas, your bird has flown, Brother Short-Life, but don't fret. I'll clip his wings for him in my own time.
- King Louis XI: Master Villon, you can render your country a great service before you die. You notice that I said "the country" and not "king?"
- François Villon: Why the distinction, your majesty?
- King Louis XI: Because you seem to have the impression that the king is not as patriotic as you are.
- François Villon: The fault is not mine, sire.