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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Fredric March as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Charles Laughton as Inspector Emile Javert
Cedric Hardwicke as Bishop Bienvenue (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Rochelle Hudson as Cosette
Florence Eldridge as Fantine
Frances Drake as Eponine
John Beal as Marius
Jessie Ralph as Madame Magloire
Mary Forbes as Mlle. Baptiseme
Florence Roberts as Toussaint
Jane Kerr as Madame Thenardier
Ferdinand Gottschalk as Thenardier
Charles Haefeli as Brevet
Marilyn Knowlden as Little Cosette (as Marilynne Knowlden)
John Bleifer as Chenildieu
Eily Malyon as Mother Superior
John Carradine as Enjolras
Bess Flowers as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Greig as Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited)
Kai Schmidt as Lawyer (uncredited)
Everett Brown as Black Convict
Leonid Kinskey as Genflou
Harry Semels as Cochepaille
Ian Maclaren as Head Gardener
Vernon Downing as Brissac
Lyons Wickland as Lamarque
Herbert Ashley as Drunk at Inn
Sam Baker as Black Convict
Elmer Ballard as Court Clerk
Reginald Barlow as Henri
George Barraud as Prosecutor in Arras
Leon Beaumon as Gendarme in Prefect's Office
Margaret Bloodgood as Factory Forewoman
Stanley Blystone as Gendarme in Prefect's Office
Sidney Bracey as Mayor's Clerk
Herbert Bunston as Judge at Favorelles
Ray Burgess as Gendarme in Prefect's Office
William P. Carleton as First Judge in Arras
Phillip Cash as Galley Carpenter Warders
Kathleen Chambers as Jean's Paris Servant After Convent
Stephen Chase as Gendarme at Bishop's Home
Davison Clark as Marcin
Gilbert Clayton as Duchaine
Heinie Conklin as Drunk at Inn
Maxine Cook as Thernardier's Child
Harry Cording as Beam Warder
J. Gunnis Davis as Defense Consul in Arras
Jack Curtis as Gendarme in Prefect's Office
Joe De Stefani as Usher in Arras Courtroom / Old Clerk in Arras
Lowell Drew as Duval
David Dunbar as Gendarme in Prefect's Office
Cecil Elliott as Concierge
William Elmer as Lawyer
Arthur Evers as Court Clerk
Al Ferguson as Gendarme
Raúl Figarola as Lawyer
Budd Fine as Galley Fight Warder
Olin Francis as Galley Whip Warder
Christian J. Frank as Gendarme Investigator
Roger Gray as Gendarme at Inn
Robert Greig as Prison Governor at Jean's Release
George Guhl as Onlooker
Frank Hagney as Galley Prisoner
Lew Hicks as Gendarme in Prefect's Office
Keith Hitchcock as Senior Prefect Confirming Gendarme Appointments
Gertrude Hoffmann as Nurse
Virginia Howell as Old Beggarwoman Directing Jean to Bishop
Olaf Hytten as Pierre
John Ince as Third Judge in Arras
E. Midge Ingleton as Peasant Woman on Road
Ethan Laidlaw as Gendarme at Bishop's Home
Wilfred Lucas as Onlooker
Mary MacLaren as Nurse
George MacQuarrie as Doorman at Arras
Murdock MacQuarrie as Fauchelevant
James Pier Mason as Galley Prisoner
Frank McCarroll as Javert's Aide in Chase
Philo McCullough as Galley Whip Warder
J.P. McGowan as Javert's Plainclothesman
Leonard Mudie as Priest Counselling Released Prisoners