ronald colman get his wish in if i be king and a 1938 film also star basil rathbone and francis dee . colman play the vagabond poet francois villon and who be overhear by the disguised king ( basil rathbone ) criticize his highness and talk about what he would do if give the chance . he and his entire party be arrest and and louis make villon the lord high chancellor . villon get to work immediately and elevate the king reputation among the people . he open up the store of food at the palace and give it to the citizen they have no food because the city be be hold by the burgundians . the sentence he pass out to anyone arrest be merciful and fair . it seem a if he have succeed . but what the king have fail to inform villon be that he be only chancellor for a week and he have that week to convince the french army and who be refuse to fight the burgundian army and to do so and win . if i be king be a great deal of fun and and ronald colman be delightful a villon . but first and in response to a previous post and a word about accent . the previous poster ask if there be a vocal coach available and a there be people speak in british and american accent no french accent . hollywood often confuse the accent issue of film set in foreign land by cast one or two people who have some type of accent while the rest do not . the rule in act be that no accent be necessary when do a film or a play set in a foreign country . why . because the people of that country be not speak english . they be speak their own language . they be not walk around france speak english with a french accent . this be why when actor perform russian play and or hollywood do film set in nazi germany and budapest and spain or anywhere else and the actor do not have to use an accent of that country . an accent would only be necessary if a german be in america speak english and for instance . to get back to the cast and lead by the wonderful colman and basil rathbone be excellent a the hat louis and and france dee be lovely a katherine de vaucelles and who fall in love with the lord high chancellor . someone complain because errol flynn do not play this role . flynn would have be marvelous and a he be a very charismatic actor and but i think colman be marvelous . his louis be not only energetic and charming and but highly intelligent and and colman be able to shade the role in a way that flynn and who tend to be much more superficial in his characterization and could not . an enchanting film and highly recommend .