Do You Hear the People Sing? – Les Misérables

THE 1952 MOVIE

This is another black and white American version of the film, running a little longer than an hour and a half. Full credits are as follows:

Directed by: Lewis Milestone

Writing credits:

Victor Hugo (novel)

Richard Murphy (I)

Cast (in credits order)

Olaf Hytten …. Judge

James Robertson Justice …. Robert

Charles Keane …. Corporal

Elsa Lanchester …. Madame Magloire

Queenie Leonard …. Valjean’s maid

Dayton Lummis …. Defense

Moyna MacGill …. Nun

Lester Matthews …. Mentou, Sr

Sean McClory …. Bamtasbois

Jerry Miley …. Policeman

Cameron Mitchell …. Marius

Jimmie Moss …. Mentou’s grandson

Robert Newton …. Javert

John O’Mally (I) …. Worker

Tudor Owen …. Citizen

Debra Paget …. Cosette

Jack Raine …. Captain

Michael Rennie …. Jean Valjean

John Rogers (I) …. Bonnet

Victor Romito …. Man

John Sherman (I) …. Town Corporal

Sylvia Sidney …. Fantine

Norma Varden …. Madame Courbet

Rhys Williams (I) …. Brevet

Joseph Wiseman …. Genflou

Ian Wolfe …. Judge

Victor Wood …. Prosecutor

Rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Robert Adler …. Valjean’s coachman

Merry Anders …. Cicely

Roger Anderson …. Revolutionary

Charlotte Austin …. Student

Frank Baker (I) …. Judge

Jack Baston …. Policeman

Florence Bates …. Madame Bonnet

Leonard Carey …. Citizen

Sanders Clark …. Lieutenant

John Costello (II) …. Cochespaille

William Cottrell (II) …. Depuy

William Dalzell …. Citizen

Leslie Denison …. Mounted policeman

John Dierkes …. Bosum

Charles Fitzsimmons …. Noel, student

Mary Forbes (I) …. Nun

Alex Frazer …. Silverstone

Michael Granger …. Policeman

Edmund Gwenn …. Bishop

June Hillman …. Mother Superior

Bobby Hyatt …. Garroche

Produced by: Fred Kohlmar

Original music by: Alex North

Cinematography by: Joseph LaShelle

Costume Design by: Dorothy Jeakins

Film Editing by: Hugh S. Fowler

Other crew:

J. Russell Spencer …. art director

Lyle R. Wheeler …. art director

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