Michael Rennie as Jean Valjean

Debra Paget as Cosette

Robert Newton as Etienne Javert

Edmund Gwenn as Bishop Courbet

Sylvia Sidney as Fantine

Cameron Mitchell as Marius

Elsa Lanchester as Madame Magloire

James Robertson Justice as Robert

Joseph Wiseman as Genflou

Rhys Williams as Brevet

Florence Bates as Madame Bonnet

Ian Wolfe as Presiding Judge (uncredited)

June Tripp as Mother Superior (uncredited)

Robert Hyatt as Gavroche (uncredited)

Sean McClory as Bamtasbois (uncredited)

John Dierkes as Bosun (uncredited)

Merry Anders as Cicely (uncredited)

Robert Adler as Valjean's Coachman (uncredited)

James Craven as Vero (uncredited)

Queenie Leonard as Valjean's Maid (uncredited)

Lester Matthews as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)

Jimmy Moss as Jacques Mentou (uncredited)

Norma Varden as Madame Courbet (uncredited)

Charles Soldani as Gendarme (uncredited)

George Barrows as Gendarme (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten as Judge (uncredited)

George Calliga as Barrister (uncredited)

Victor Wood as Prosecutor (uncredited)

John Dodsworth as Sergeant (uncredited)

Alex Frazer as Silversmith (uncredited)

Mary Forbes as Nun (uncredited)

Michael Granger as Policeman (uncredited)

Creighton Hale as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Mills as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Al Haskell as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Merrill McCormick as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Tom Ferrandini as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

José Portugal as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Leon Alton as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

George Nardelli as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Paul Stathes as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)