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Les Miserables

1952, Movie, NR, 105 mins

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This was the fifth version of Victor Hugo's novel (versions by Fox Film Co. in 1918, Universal in 1927, United Artists in 1935, and a French production in 1936 preceded it). The story of justice and the law is told in three episodes: Rennie's arrest for stealing bread and his imprisonment; his becoming a mayor and adoption of Paget; and Newton's hounding of Rennie. The film ends when Newton lets Rennie go and commits suicide for going against his own principles. Although a w... read more leave a comment
Valjean (Fredric March) suffering and Javert (Charles Laughton) observing in director Richard Boleslawski's quick survey of Prisoner #2906's ordeal, from Fox's 1935 production of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, 1935.
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Posted: 8/19/2009
Villain Javert (Charles Laughton) is confirmed to his police rank, supplying his own character background, in an early scene from Richard Boleslawski's 20th Century Fox production of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, 1935.
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Bishop Bienvenue (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) makes a big deposit in the karma bank, telling the cops that the plates Valjean (Fredric March) stole were in fact a gift, in the 1935 Fox production of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.
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Posted: 8/19/2009
Synopsis: Ex-boxer raises ire of French police chief when he helps Jewish family flee Nazis during WWII. Unique re-invention of Victor Hugo novel.
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Posted: 12/4/2009
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Year: 1952
Rated NR

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Cast
Michael Rennie: Jean Valjean
Debra Paget: Cosette
Robert Newton: Javert
Edmund Gwenn: Bishop
Sylvia Sidney: Fantine
Cameron Mitchell: Marius

 

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