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