Les Miserables (1952)
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- Approved
- 1h 45min
- Adventure, Crime
- 14 Aug 1952 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast verified as complete
Michael Rennie | ... |
Jean Valjean
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Debra Paget | ... |
Cosette
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Robert Newton | ... |
Etienne Javert
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Edmund Gwenn | ... |
Bishop Courbet
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Sylvia Sidney | ... |
Fantine
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Cameron Mitchell | ... |
Marius
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Elsa Lanchester | ... |
Madame Magloire
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James Robertson Justice | ... |
Robert
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Joseph Wiseman | ... |
Genflou
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Rhys Williams | ... |
Brevet
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Florence Bates | ... |
Madame Bonnet
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Robert Adler | ... |
Valjean's Coachman (uncredited)
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Leon Alton | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Merry Anders | ... |
Cicely (uncredited)
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Roger Anderson | ... |
Revolutionary (uncredited)
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Charlotte Austin | ... |
Student (uncredited)
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Frank Baker | ... |
Judge (uncredited)
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George Barrows | ... |
Gendarme (uncredited)
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John Barton | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Jack Baston | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Harry Baum | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Oscar Blank | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Benita Booth | ... |
Mother (uncredited)
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Loren Brown | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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George Calliga | ... |
Barrister (uncredited)
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Leonard Carey | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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Robin Sanders Clark | ... |
Lieutenant (uncredited)
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Bud Cokes | ... |
Prisoner (uncredited)
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Heinie Conklin | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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George Cooper | ... |
Student (uncredited)
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John Costello | ... |
Cochepaille (uncredited)
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William Cottrell | ... |
Dupuy (uncredited)
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James Craven | ... |
Vero (uncredited)
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Paul Cristo | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Russell Custer | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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William Dalzell | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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Herbert Deans | ... |
French Officer (uncredited)
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Leslie Denison | ... |
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
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John Dierkes | ... |
Bosun (uncredited)
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Jimmy Dime | ... |
Convent Gardner (uncredited)
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John Dodsworth | ... |
Sergeant (uncredited)
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Tom Ferrandini | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Charles B. Fitzsimons | ... |
Noel - Student (uncredited)
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Mary Forbes | ... |
Nun (uncredited)
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Alex Frazer | ... |
Silversmith (uncredited)
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Elias Gamboa | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Joe Garcio | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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Michael Granger | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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A. Cameron Grant | ... |
Baker (uncredited)
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Kit Guard | ... |
Pottery Worker (uncredited)
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Creighton Hale | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Al Haskell | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Robert Hyatt | ... |
Gavroche (uncredited)
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Olaf Hytten | ... |
Judge (uncredited)
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Charles Keane | ... |
Corporal (uncredited)
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Queenie Leonard | ... |
Valjean's Maid (uncredited)
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Alfred Linder | ... |
Genet (uncredited)
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Stanley Logan | ... |
Judge (uncredited)
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Dayton Lummis | ... |
Defense Lawyer (uncredited)
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Moyna MacGill | ... |
Nun (uncredited)
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Lester Matthews | ... |
Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
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Sean McClory | ... |
Bamtasbois (uncredited)
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Merrill McCormick | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Guy Miali | ... |
Pottery Worker (uncredited)
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Jerry Miley | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Frank Mills | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Jimmy Moss | ... |
Jacques Mentou (uncredited)
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George Nardelli | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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William J. O'Brien | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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John O'Malley | ... |
Worker (uncredited)
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Tudor Owen | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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Bob Perry | ... |
Citzen (uncredited)
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Jose Portugal | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Jack Raine | ... |
Captain (uncredited)
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Paul Ravel | ... |
Barrister (uncredited)
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Jack Reitzen | ... |
Henri (uncredited)
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John Rogers | ... |
Bonnet (uncredited)
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Victor Romito | ... |
Man (uncredited)
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John Roy | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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Lewis L. Russell | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Cosmo Sardo | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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John Sherman | ... |
Town Corporal (uncredited)
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Charles Soldani | ... |
Gendarme (uncredited)
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Paul Stathes | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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June Tripp | ... |
Mother Superior (uncredited)
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Jean Vachon | ... |
Nun (uncredited)
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Norma Varden | ... |
Madame Courbet (uncredited)
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Max Wagner | ... |
Revolutionary (uncredited)
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Trevor Ward | ... |
Clerk (uncredited)
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Patsy Weil | ... |
Cosette - Age 7 (uncredited)
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Ian Wolfe | ... |
Presiding Judge (uncredited)
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Victor Wood | ... |
Prosecutor (uncredited)
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Directed by
Lewis Milestone |
Written by
Richard Murphy | ... | (screenplay) |
Victor Hugo | ... | (novel "Les Miserables") |
Produced by
Fred Kohlmar | ... | producer |
Music by
Alex North |
Cinematography by
Joseph LaShelle | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Hugh S. Fowler | ... | (as Hugh Fowler) |
Art Direction by
J. Russell Spencer | ||
Lyle R. Wheeler | ... | (as Lyle Wheeler) |
Set Decoration by
Thomas Little | ||
Walter M. Scott |
Costume Design by
Dorothy Jeakins |
Makeup Department
Ben Nye | ... | makeup artist |
Lynn F. Reynolds | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
William Eckhardt | ... | assistant production manager |
R.L. Hough | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stan Hough | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Gerd Oswald | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Don B. Greenwood | ... | props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Roger Heman Sr. | ... | sound (as Roger Heman) |
Arthur von Kirbach | ... | sound (as Arthur L. Kirbach) |
Visual Effects by
Ray Kellogg | ... | special photographic effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
James Mitchell | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Le Maire | ... | wardrobe director |
Ed Wynigear | ... | wardrobe |
Music Department
Alfred Newman | ... | musical director |
Edward B. Powell | ... | orchestrator (as Edward Powell) |
Paul Salamunovich | ... | choral singer (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Stanley Scheuer | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Serge Bertensson | ... | dialogue director (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Twentieth Century Fox (1952) (United States) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1952) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century-Fox (1952) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1953) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1953) (France) (theatrical)
- Netherlands Fox Film Corporation (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (Canada) (DVD) (4 film collection)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (United States) (DVD) (4 film collection)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
After stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced to ten years at hard labor as a galley slave. There he is taught to read and write by another prisoner and meets Javert, an obsessive policeman who was himself born to convict parents aboard a prison ship. After his release, Valjean is treated as a pariah but finally finds shelter in the home of a kindly bishop. Valjean repays the clergyman's generosity by stealing his silver plate. He is apprehended by the authorities and returned to the bishop but is amazed when the kindly old priest tells them that the valuable plates were a gift. This becomes a transforming experience for the ex-convict, who establishes himself under an assumed name in a small country village as factory manager and ultimately mayor. Unfortunately the newly-promoted Javert is assigned there as chief inspector. Although he doesn't recognize his old nemesis at first, the two clash over Javert's overzealous prosecution of the letter of the law. When a mentally challenged homeless man is arrested and accused of being Valjean, the conscience-ridden parole violator reveals his true identity to the court and the already suspicious Javert. Valjean is forced to abandon his property and with his adopted daughter again flee the relentless pursuit of Javert. Written by duke1029 |
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Taglines | I sentence you to ten years in the galleys! See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Elsa Lanchester, who plays Madame Magloire, was married to Charles Laughton, the Etienne Javert of the 1935 version of Les Misérables (1935). See more » |
Goofs | As part of his prison sentence, Jean Valjean and his fellow convicts are used as galley rowers aboard a ship. France discontinued this practice in 1748, more than half a century before this story takes place. The use of the term "galley" as slang for prison continued in France, hence its use in the original novel upon which this film is based, which may have led to confusion among English speakers when adapting the story. See more » |
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Quotes |
Etienne Javert:
I pride myself on being a good officer. Jean Valjean: That's very good. Only I'm afraid you'll get little practice here, Inspector Javert. We're a quiet town. Etienne Javert: I have heard this, yet there is crime everywhere, monsieur. Jean Valjean: And filth also if one looks hard enough. See more » |