Les Miserables (1952)

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Country: USA
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Release: 1952-08-14
Director: Lewis Milestone (1895–1980)
Writers: Richard Murphy , Victor Hugo
Language: English | Latin
Stars: Michael Rennie , Robert Newton , Debra Paget , Edmund Gwenn , Sylvia Sidney , Cameron Mitchell , Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986) , James Robertson Justice , Joseph Wiseman , Rhys Williams
Runtime: 105 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: El inspector de hierro (Spain) , Les Miserables (Australia) , Samhällets olycksbarn (Sweden) , Los miserables (Argentina) , Sefiller (Turkey) , Los miserables (Peru) , Les Miserables , レ・ミゼラブル (Japan) , Отверженные , Les Miserables (Canada) , Les Miserables (Ireland) , Les Miserables (United States of America) , Straffangen Jean Valjean (Norway) , De elendige (Denmark) , Die Legion der Verdammten (Austria) , Клетниците (Bulgaria) , Os Miseráveis (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Les Miserables (United States of America) , Die Legion der Verdammten , La vie de Jean Valjean (France, French Republic) , Los miserables (Mexico) , Nędznicy (Poland) , Los miserables (Chile) , Kaleeriorja (Finland) , O Implacável (Brazil) , Los miserables (Venezuela) , Les Miserables (New Zealand) , I miserabili (Italy) , Les Miserables (South Africa) , Oi athlioi (Greece) , Mizerabilii (Romania) , Jean Valjean (United States of America) , Les Misérables (France, French Republic) , Les Misérables , Les Miserables (United Kingdom) , Les Miserables , Los miserables (Colombia) , Bídníci
Plot: After stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced to ten years at hard labor as a galley slave. There he is taught to read and write by another prisoner and meets Javert, an obsessive policeman who was himself born to convict parents aboard a prison ship. After his release, Valjean is treated as a pariah but finally finds shelter in the home of a kindly bishop. Valjean repays the clergyman's generosity by stealing his silver plate. He is apprehended by the authorities and returned to the bishop but is amazed when the kindly old priest tells them that the valuable plates were a gift. This becomes a transforming experience for the ex-convict, who establishes himself under an assumed name in a small country village as factory manager and ultimately mayor. Unfortunately the newly-promoted Javert is assigned there as chief inspector. Although he doesn't recognize his old nemesis at first, the two clash over Javert's overzealous prosecution of the letter of the law. When a mentally challenged homeless man is arrested and accused of being Valjean, the conscience-ridden parole violator reveals his true identity to the court and the already suspicious Javert. Valjean is forced to abandon his property and with his adopted daughter again flee the relentless pursuit of Javert.
IMDB:tt0044907