"The Sword of Villon" is a 1956 American TV episode of the Screen Directors Playhouse series.
[2][3] Francois Villon learns of a plot to assassinate the king, and gathers his followers to stop the plot and save the king's life.
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.
[5] 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.