The Sword of Villon

"The Sword of Villon"
Screen Directors Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 22
Directed byGeorge Waggner
Written byWilbur S. Peacock
Production codeHal Roach Studios
Original air date4 April 1956 (1956-04-04)[1]
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

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

  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.