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)
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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
USA
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Charles Laughton
UK
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Cedric Hardwicke
UK
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Rochelle Hudson
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Florence Eldridge
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John Beal
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Frances Drake
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Ferdinand Gottschalk
UK
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Jessie Ralph
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Mary Forbes
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Florence Roberts
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John Carradine
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Philo McCullough
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Buddy Roosevelt
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Ethan Laidlaw
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Jack Curtis
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Stanley Blystone
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Emma Tansey
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Stephen Chase
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