The film hinges on the love triangle between a young aristocratic lady on the run (Cleonie, played by Hazel Terry), the murderous Varennes, Citizen-Deputy of the Revolution who saves her by disguising her as his nephew (Nils Asther) and finally the Marquis of Corbal of the film's title, played by Hugh Sinclair.
Nils Asther
Hugh Sinclair
Hazel Terry
Noah Beery
Ernst Deutsch
Davy Burnaby
Clifford McLaglen
Arthur Rigby
Ralph Truman
Brian Buchel
Gordon Begg
Vincent Sternroyd
Charles Paton
Percy Walsh
Walter Sondes