Les Misérables

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

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.

Drama History Romance

Fredric March

(Jean Valjean / Champmathieu)

Charles Laughton

(Inspector Emile Javert)

Cedric Hardwicke

(Bishop Bienvenue (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke))

Rochelle Hudson

Florence Eldridge

Frances Drake

John Beal

Jessie Ralph

(Madame Magloire)

Mary Forbes

(Mlle. Baptiseme)

Florence Roberts

Jane Kerr

(Madame Thenardier)

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Charles Haefeli

Marilyn Knowlden

(Little Cosette (as Marilynne Knowlden))

John Bleifer

Eily Malyon

(Mother Superior)

John Carradine

Bess Flowers

(Trial Spectator (uncredited))

Robert Greig

(Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited))

Kai Schmidt

(Lawyer (uncredited))

Everett Brown

(Black Convict)

Leonid Kinskey

Harry Semels

Ian Maclaren

(Head Gardener)

Vernon Downing

Lyons Wickland

Herbert Ashley

Sam Baker

(Black Convict)

Elmer Ballard

Reginald Barlow

George Barraud

(Prosecutor in Arras)

Leon Beaumon

(Gendarme in Prefect's Office)

Margaret Bloodgood

(Factory Forewoman)

Stanley Blystone

(Gendarme in Prefect's Office)

Sidney Bracey

(Mayor's Clerk)

Herbert Bunston

(Judge at Favorelles)

Ray Burgess

(Gendarme in Prefect's Office)

William P. Carleton

(First Judge in Arras)

Phillip Cash

(Galley Carpenter Warders)

Kathleen Chambers

(Jean's Paris Servant After Convent)

Stephen Chase

(Gendarme at Bishop's Home)

Davison Clark

Gilbert Clayton

Heinie Conklin

Maxine Cook

(Thernardier's Child)

Harry Cording

J. Gunnis Davis

(Defense Consul in Arras)

Jack Curtis

(Gendarme in Prefect's Office)

Joe De Stefani

(Usher in Arras Courtroom / Old Clerk in Arras)

Lowell Drew

David Dunbar

(Gendarme in Prefect's Office)

Cecil Elliott

William Elmer

Arthur Evers

Al Ferguson

Raúl Figarola

Budd Fine

(Galley Fight Warder)

Olin Francis

(Galley Whip Warder)

Christian J. Frank

(Gendarme Investigator)

Roger Gray

(Gendarme at Inn)

Robert Greig

(Prison Governor at Jean's Release)

George Guhl

Frank Hagney

(Galley Prisoner)

Lew Hicks

(Gendarme in Prefect's Office)

Keith Hitchcock

(Senior Prefect Confirming Gendarme Appointments)

Gertrude Hoffmann

Virginia Howell

(Old Beggarwoman Directing Jean to Bishop)

Olaf Hytten

John Ince

(Third Judge in Arras)

E. Midge Ingleton

(Peasant Woman on Road)

Ethan Laidlaw

(Gendarme at Bishop's Home)

Wilfred Lucas

Mary MacLaren

George MacQuarrie

(Doorman at Arras)

Murdock MacQuarrie

James Pier Mason

(Galley Prisoner)

Frank McCarroll

(Javert's Aide in Chase)

Philo McCullough

(Galley Whip Warder)

J.P. McGowan

(Javert's Plainclothesman)

Leonard Mudie

(Priest Counselling Released Prisoners)

John Northpole

(Gendarme in Prefect's Office)

G. Raymond Nye

Frederick Peters

(Galley Whip Warder)

Francis Powers

Albert Prisco

(Galley Prisoner)