The $1,500,000 Picture That makes you see, feel, actually live the tumultuous scenes of romance and intrigue screened from Stanley Weyman's thrilling masterpiece of the Old France and the great Cardinal Richelieu.
A young man is tasked by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu to capture one of the cardinal's enemies but falls in love with his target's sister. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor Robert B. Mantell who plays Cardinal Richelieu and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas.
Alan Crosland
Director
Bayard Veiller
Writer

Robert B. Mantell
Cardinal Richelieu

Alma Rubens
Renee de Cocheforet

Otto Kruger
Henri de Cocheforet

John Charles Thomas
Gil De Berault

William Powell
Duke of Orleans

Mary MacLaren
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Gustav von Seyffertitz
Clom

Paul Panzer
French Army Lieutenant

Charles Judels
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