An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.