Directed by:
Richard BoleslawskiScreenplay:
W.P. LipscombCinematography:
Gregg TolandCast:
Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson, Florence Eldridge, John Beal, Frances Drake, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Jessie Ralph (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A classic production of the 1862 Victor Hugo novel of a persecuted prisoner who escapes and tries to put his past behind him. Becoming the mayor of a small town, eventually his past and the man who arrested him return to plague him. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Fredric March](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349846_b3bb31.png)
Fredric March
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Hombre (1967)
![Charles Laughton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339115_39b100.png)
Charles Laughton
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Spartacus (1960)
![Cedric Hardwicke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/621/162621796_89038e.jpg)
Cedric Hardwicke
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Rope (1948)
Richard III (1955)
![Rochelle Hudson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/532/161532052_9d67c2.jpg)
Rochelle Hudson
USA
Best movies:
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Les Misérables (1935)
Imitation of Life (1934)
![Florence Eldridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364351_8aa836.jpg)
Florence Eldridge
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Les Misérables (1935)
The Divorcee (1930)
![John Beal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505291_c5fc4a.jpg)
John Beal
USA
Best movies:
Double Wedding (1937)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
![Frances Drake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312423_cd566b.jpg)
Frances Drake
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Les Misérables (1935)
Mad Love (1935)
![Ferdinand Gottschalk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/077/158077998_d93ab1.jpg)
Ferdinand Gottschalk
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Les Misérables (1935)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
![Jessie Ralph](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319224_0aec5d.jpg)
Jessie Ralph
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Double Wedding (1937)
![Mary Forbes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579953_a8880d.jpg)
Mary Forbes
UK
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Captain Blood (1935)
![Florence Roberts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/781/160781208_6dd4b0.jpg)
Florence Roberts
USA
Best movies:
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Les Misérables (1935)
What Price Hollywood? (1932)
![John Carradine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/469/162469493_dd517e.jpg)
John Carradine
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
![Philo McCullough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228285_5b57ea.jpg)
Philo McCullough
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Buddy Roosevelt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/962/159962210_542ccb.jpg)
Buddy Roosevelt
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Captain Blood (1935)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
![Ethan Laidlaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/310/161310716_1cb01f.jpg)
Ethan Laidlaw
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Pressure Point (1962)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
![Jack Curtis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/964/159964759_41a7d2.jpg)
Jack Curtis
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Stanley Blystone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/007/160007033_598bc7.jpg)
Stanley Blystone
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Circus (1928)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Harry Semels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/093/160093444_4272a2.jpg)
Harry Semels
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunrise (1927)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Emma Tansey
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Invisible Man (1933)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Stephen Chase
USA
Best movies:
Desire (1936)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)