"The immortal classic that shook a nation… is now a glorious picture !"

1935

1h 48m

7.2(53 votes)

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Romance

Overview

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

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85 members

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Fredric March

Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

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Charles Laughton

Inspector Emile Javert

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Cedric Hardwicke

Bishop Bienvenue (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

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Rochelle Hudson

Cosette

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Florence Eldridge

Fantine

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Frances Drake

Eponine

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John Beal

Marius

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Jessie Ralph

Madame Magloire

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Mary Forbes

Mlle. Baptiseme

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Florence Roberts

Toussaint

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Jane Kerr

Madame Thenardier

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Ferdinand Gottschalk

Thenardier

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Charles Haefeli

Brevet

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Marilyn Knowlden

Little Cosette (as Marilynne Knowlden)

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John Bleifer

Chenildieu

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Eily Malyon

Mother Superior

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John Carradine

Enjolras

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Bess Flowers

Trial Spectator (uncredited)

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Robert Greig

Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited)

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Kai Schmidt

Lawyer (uncredited)

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Everett Brown

Black Convict

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Leonid Kinskey

Genflou

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Harry Semels

Cochepaille

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Ian Maclaren

Head Gardener

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Vernon Downing

Brissac

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Lyons Wickland

Lamarque

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Herbert Ashley

Drunk at Inn

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Sam Baker

Black Convict

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Elmer Ballard

Court Clerk

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Reginald Barlow

Henri

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George Barraud

Prosecutor in Arras

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Leon Beaumon

Gendarme in Prefect's Office

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Margaret Bloodgood

Factory Forewoman

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Stanley Blystone

Gendarme in Prefect's Office

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Sidney Bracey

Mayor's Clerk

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Herbert Bunston

Judge at Favorelles

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Ray Burgess

Gendarme in Prefect's Office

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William P. Carleton

First Judge in Arras

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Phillip Cash

Galley Carpenter Warders

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Kathleen Chambers

Jean's Paris Servant After Convent

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Stephen Chase

Gendarme at Bishop's Home

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Davison Clark

Marcin

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Gilbert Clayton

Duchaine

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Heinie Conklin

Drunk at Inn

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Maxine Cook

Thernardier's Child

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Harry Cording

Beam Warder

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J. Gunnis Davis

Defense Consul in Arras

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Jack Curtis

Gendarme in Prefect's Office

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Joe De Stefani

Usher in Arras Courtroom / Old Clerk in Arras

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Lowell Drew

Duval

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David Dunbar

Gendarme in Prefect's Office

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Cecil Elliott

Concierge

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William Elmer

Lawyer

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Arthur Evers

Court Clerk

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Al Ferguson

Gendarme

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Raúl Figarola

Lawyer

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Budd Fine

Galley Fight Warder

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Olin Francis

Galley Whip Warder

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Christian J. Frank

Gendarme Investigator

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Roger Gray

Gendarme at Inn

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Robert Greig

Prison Governor at Jean's Release

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George Guhl

Onlooker

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Frank Hagney

Galley Prisoner

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Lew Hicks

Gendarme in Prefect's Office

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Keith Hitchcock

Senior Prefect Confirming Gendarme Appointments

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Gertrude Hoffmann

Nurse

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Virginia Howell

Old Beggarwoman Directing Jean to Bishop

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Olaf Hytten

Pierre

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John Ince

Third Judge in Arras

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E. Midge Ingleton

Peasant Woman on Road

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Ethan Laidlaw

Gendarme at Bishop's Home

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Wilfred Lucas

Onlooker

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Mary MacLaren

Nurse

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George MacQuarrie

Doorman at Arras

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Murdock MacQuarrie

Fauchelevant

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James Pier Mason

Galley Prisoner

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Frank McCarroll

Javert's Aide in Chase

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Philo McCullough

Galley Whip Warder

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J.P. McGowan

Javert's Plainclothesman

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Leonard Mudie

Priest Counselling Released Prisoners

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John Northpole

Gendarme in Prefect's Office

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G. Raymond Nye

Jacques

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Frederick Peters

Galley Whip Warder

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Francis Powers

Lawyer

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Albert Prisco

Galley Prisoner

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