Fredric March

Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

Charles Laughton

Inspector Emile Javert

Cedric Hardwicke

Bishop Bienvenue (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

Rochelle Hudson

Cosette

Florence Eldridge

Fantine

Frances Drake

Eponine

John Beal

Marius

Jessie Ralph

Madame Magloire

Mary Forbes

Mlle. Baptiseme

Florence Roberts

Toussaint

Jane Kerr

Madame Thenardier

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Thenardier

Charles Haefeli

Brevet

Marilyn Knowlden

Little Cosette (as Marilynne Knowlden)

John Bleifer

Chenildieu

Eily Malyon

Mother Superior

John Carradine

Enjolras

Bess Flowers

Trial Spectator (uncredited)

Robert Greig

Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited)

Kai Schmidt

Lawyer (uncredited)

Everett Brown

Black Convict

Leonid Kinskey

Genflou

Harry Semels

Cochepaille

Ian Maclaren

Head Gardener

Vernon Downing

Brissac

Lyons Wickland

Lamarque

Herbert Ashley

Drunk at Inn

Sam Baker

Black Convict

Elmer Ballard

Court Clerk

Reginald Barlow

Henri

George Barraud

Prosecutor in Arras

Leon Beaumon

Gendarme in Prefect's Office

Margaret Bloodgood

Factory Forewoman

Stanley Blystone

Gendarme in Prefect's Office

Sidney Bracey

Mayor's Clerk

Herbert Bunston

Judge at Favorelles

Ray Burgess

Gendarme in Prefect's Office

William P. Carleton

First Judge in Arras

Phillip Cash

Galley Carpenter Warders

Kathleen Chambers

Jean's Paris Servant After Convent