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miserables
the 1979 tv movie les miserables was advertised as the 12th feature film to be based on the 1862 victor hugo novel and that was a modest estimate . this time richard jordan is the persecuted french ex convict jean valjean and anthony perkins is the relentless police officer javert who dogs valjeans trail for forty years . screenwriter john gay does a nice compression job on hugos mammoth novel including most of the familiar episodes the bishops candlesticks etc. and reintroducing several vignettes that had been ignored by earlier adaptations . norman rosemont produced les miserables on a lavish scale in both england and france populating the cast with several of europe and americas best actors including veteran claude dauphin in his last screen appearance . les miserables debuted as a three hour ibm special on december 27 1978 . hal erickson all movie guide . br br full screen version2 .0 dolby stereo surrounddigitally masteredenglish closed captioned . br br full screen version2 .0 dolby stereo surrounddigitally masteredenglish closed captioned .