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The Vagabond King is a 1956 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kathryn Grayson, Rita Moreno, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Walter Hampden, Leslie Nielsen, and Maltese singer Oreste Kirkop in his only feature film role. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
A musical adaptation of a 1925 operetta about François Villon, a leader of the Vagabonds who opposes King Louis XI of France. The film stars Kathryn Grayson, Oreste Kirkop, Rita Moreno and Cedric Hardwicke, and features songs by Rudolf Friml and Johnny Burke.
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- Musical, Romance
- Michael Curtiz
- 1956-08-29
The story is a fictionalized episode in the life of the 15th-century poet and thief François Villon, centering on his wooing of Katherine De Vaucelles (the cousin of King Louis XI ), and relating how he becomes “king for a day” and defends France against the invading forces of the Duke of Burgundy .
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A musical adaptation of the operetta based on the novel by Justin Huntly McCarthy, starring Rita Moreno and Michael Curtiz. Francois Villon, a poet and leader of the Vagabonds, is recruited by the Duke of Burgundy to overthrow King Louis XI in 1461.
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The Vagabond King is a 1956 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kathryn Grayson, Rita Moreno, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Walter Hampden, Leslie Nielsen, and Maltese singer Oreste Kirkop in his only feature film role. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Summaries. Louis XI of France drafts Paris's popular king of criminals as Provost Marshal in his fight against usurper Charles of Burgundy and the traitorous nobles who rally around him. In 1461, French nobles fearing King Louis XI may seize their lands, join forces with the rebellious Duke of Burgundy to overthrow the king.
