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"**The Sword of Villon**"
"The Sword of Villon"
Screen Directors Playhouse episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 22
Directed by	George Waggner
Written by	Wilbur S. Peacock
Production code	Hal Roach Studios
Original air date	4 April 1956
Guest appearances
	Errol Flynn; Hillary Brooke; Pamela Duncan

"The Sword of Villon" is a 1956 American TV episode of the Screen Directors Playhouse series. Errol Flynn played Francois Villon.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Francois Villon learns of a plot to assassinate the king, and gathers his followers to stop the plot and save the king's life.

Cast

Errol Flynn as Francois Villon
Hillary Brooke as Countess
Pamela Duncan as Velvet
Murvyn Vye as Bagot
Lois Collier as Lady Elaine
Mark Dana as Count
Richard Avonde as 1st. Bully
Sol Gorss as 2nd. Bully
Nesdon Booth as Tavernkeeper

Production

The show was a collaboration between the Screen Directors Guild, the Hal Roach Studios and the J Walter Thompson advertising agency. In January 1956 the Screen Directors Playhouse announced they had signed Errol Flynn to play Francois Villon and it would be directed by Don Weis. ^[4]

Flynn made it just prior to his own show The Errol Flynn Theatre.^[5]

Reception

Filmink magazine later wrote the episode was "more of interest as a curiosity piece than anything else but it’s not awful by any means and Errol seems engaged. The concept was actually strong enough to support a feature film."^[6]

References

^ Other 21 -- No Title Chicago Daily Tribune 4 Apr 1956: a8.
^ A Debut on Wimpole St. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 1 Apr 1956: J3.
^ Article 14 -- No Title Los Angeles Times 4 Apr 1956: B8.
^ TV Survey of Love Offered to N.B.C. For a Spectacular Special to The New York Times. New York Times 3 Feb 1956: 47.
^ Ames, Walter (February 4, 1956). "Flynn to Do TV Film; Blond 'Queen' Becomes Idol of Location Site". Los Angeles Times. p. A5.
^ Vagg, Stephen (December 15, 2019). "The Films of Errol Flynn: Part 6 – The Final Adventures". Filmink.

External links

Sword of Villon at IMDb
Sword of Villon at BFI

[1] Other 21 -- No Title Chicago Daily Tribune 4 Apr 1956: a8.

[2] A Debut on Wimpole St. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 1 Apr 1956: J3.

[3] Article 14 -- No Title Los Angeles Times 4 Apr 1956: B8.

[4] TV Survey of Love Offered to N.B.C. For a Spectacular Special to The New York Times. New York Times 3 Feb 1956: 47.

[5] Ames, Walter (February 4, 1956). "Flynn to Do TV Film; Blond 'Queen' Becomes Idol of Location Site". Los Angeles Times. p. A5.

[6] Vagg, Stephen (December 15, 2019). "The Films of Errol Flynn: Part 6 – The Final Adventures". Filmink.

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