Elsa Lanchester, who plays Madame Magloire, was married to Charles Laughton, the Etienne Javert of the 1935 version of Les Misérables (1935).
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on
December 22, 1952 with Debra Paget and Robert Newton reprising their film roles.
Final film of June Tripp.
Rather than being a straight adaptation of the famous French novel, this film is instead a remake of the earlier 20 Century Fox film version from 1935. Numerous scenes and plot details that were invented or changed for the 1935 version that were not in the novel appear in this version as well, such as Valjean's trial and sentence (10 years here, in the novel it was 5 years, extended to 19 due to numerous escape attempts), Valjean being fitted with an iron collar, and his imprisonment including service as a galley rower (in actuality, France discontinued the use of forced labor as galley rowers in 1748, half a century before this story is set, but the term "galley" as slang for prison continued to be used in France, which may have led to confusion among English speakers when adapting the story).
Jean Valjean's prisoner number is given as 1082. In the novel he has two prisoner numbers: 24601 (immortalized by the musical adaptation from the 1980s) and 9430. The second number was given to him when he was re-arrested after breaking his parole. This film, like most adaptations, omits the second arrest. The reason for the change to his original prisoner number is unknown.