Dir. Richard Boleslawski · Starring Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson, Florence Eldridge, Frances Drake · Music Alfred Newman
“The immortal classic that shook a nation… is now a glorious picture !”
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In early nineteenth-century France Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole, is relentlessly pursued over a twenty-year period by Javert, an obsessive policeman.
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A sweeping, somber epic of relentless pursuit and the struggle for redemption. It feels like a grand, old-fashioned drama, heavy with the weight of social injustice and the enduring power of the human spirit against overwhelming odds.
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