John Barrymore as François Villon

Conrad Veidt as King Louis XI

Marceline Day as Charlotte de Vauxcelles

Lawson Butt as Duke of Burgundy

Henry Victor as Thibault d'Aussigny

Slim Summerville as Jehan

Angelo Rossitto as Beppo - the Dwarf

Nigel De Brulier as Astrologer

Lucy Beaumont as Villon's Mother

Otto Matieson as Olivier

Jane Winton as The Abbess

Rose Dione as Margot

Bertram Grassby as Duke of Orleans

Dick Sutherland as Tristan l'Hermite

Dickie Moore as Baby Francois (uncredited)

Mack Swain as Nicholas