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During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Cardinal Richelieu
Should CLERGYMEN Actively Participate in POLITICS?
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
Top Billed Cast
George Arliss Cardinal Richelieu
Edward Arnold Louis XIII
Maureen O'Sullivan Lenore
Cesar Romero Andre de Pons
Violet Kemble Cooper Queen Marie
Katharine Alexander Queen Anne
Halliwell Hobbes Father Joseph
Francis Lister Gaston
Lumsden Hare Gustavus Adolphus - King of Sweden
Keith Hitchcock Duke D'Epernon
Murray Kinnell Duke of Lorraine
Herbert Bunston Duke of Normandy
Guy Bellis Duke of Buckingham
Boyd Irwin Austrian Prime Minister
Leonard Mudie Olivares
David Clyde Inn-Keeper
Charles E. Evans Old Inn-Keeper
Reginald Sheffield Richelieu's Outrider
Eddie Dunn Tradesman
William Worthington King's Chamberlain
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