After countless failed attempts, the poor man finally manages to escape from prison but not from the attentions of determined police officer javert anthony perkins. Les miserables 1978 glenn jordan, richard jordan, anthony. Javert, and while its able to add more to that thread, the whole suffers. Find movie and film cast and crew information for les miserables 1978 glenn jordan on allmovie. My son said this movie changed his life he watched it on tv. So happpy to see the 1978 film brought out in dvd format. Les miserables 1978 stream and watch online moviefone. The trailer for the 1978 version of victor hugos novel. Richard jordan, anthony perkins, cyril cusack, claude. Bill blunden, norman rosemont, ron carr, john gay, victor hugo.
It beats all the other les miserables films i have seen so far. Les miserables 1978 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. His films include logans run, les miserables, old boyfriends, raise the titanic, the friends of eddie coyle, the yakuza, interiors, the bunker, dune, the secret of my success, timebomb, the hunt for red october, posse and gettysburg. Starring richard jordan, anthony perkins, cyril cusack. My les miserables dvd had the main actors as richard jordan and anthonay perking. Jean valjean richard jordan, convicted of stealing bread. Richard jordan, the harvardeducated scion of a distinguished manhattan family and the possessor of a keen screen intelligence, had starred in the friends of eddie coyle and the tv miniseries captain and the kings before headlining this lew grade production. Les miserables by glenn jordan glenn jordan, richard jordan. Les miserables old film not the musical internet archive. A longtime member of the new york shakespeare festival, he performed in many off broadway and broadway plays.
Jean valjean richard jordan ist ein beachteter general, doch. Les miserables by glenn jordan glenn jordan, richard. The pursuit consumes both mens lives, and soon valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in france. See more ideas about richard jordan, actor and logans run. The film was written by john gay, produced by lew grade, and directed by glenn jordan no relation to star richard jordan. For other people named richard jordan, see richard jordan disambiguation. Press photo richard jordon, caroline langrishe in les. Actoragecheck is a free service that allows you to quickly view the age of an actoractress along with their age in a specific movie its important to note that the age of a person in a particular movie is based on the movies release date, and may not represent the actual filming date. Les miserables 1978 after swiping a loaf of bread to feed his family, frenchman jean valjean richard jordan is put behind bars. 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. It was a multipart mini series much longer than this. Jordans daughter nina jordan was born in 1964 during his 19641972 marriage to actress kathleen widdoes. Richard was a fine actor, unfortunately his life ended very short. Note that les miserables film, 1995, directed by claude lelouch and les miserables film, 2019, directed by ladj ly are not adaptations, although their titles being the same as the novel is not a coincidence.
The 1979 tv movie les miserables was advertised as the 12th feature film to be. Both played perfect roles in a perfect story which started with the stealing of a loaf and ended with a marriage. Rent les miserables 1978 starring richard jordan and anthony perkins on dvd and bluray. Starring anthony perkins and richard jordan, directed by glenn jordan. Richard jordan, anthony perkins, john gielgud, ian holm, claude dauphin, angela pleasence, cyril cusack, glenn jordan, richard jordan, anthony perkins. Actor age check how old was richard jordan in les miserables. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Jean valjean richard jordan, a frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named javert anthony perkins. At the time of his death, jordan was in a relationship with actress marcia cross. This time, richard jordan is the persecuted french exconvict jean valjean. Les miserables follows jean valjean harry baur who, after serving a prison sentence for stealing a loaf of bread, attempts to start a new life. Simply put, the story focuses mainly on the obsession of police inspector javert with the convict jean valjean.
After swiping a loaf of bread to feed his family, frenchman jean valjean richard jordan is put. Richard jordan is the perfect jean valjean, and anthony perkins of psycho fame brings the rigid ethics of inspector javert to a scary reality. Les miserables not rated 2h 30min drama, history tv movie 27 december 1978 jean valjean richard jordan, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel policeman javert anthony perkins. Les miserables 1978 film les miserables wiki fandom. Released 1978, les miserables stars richard jordan, anthony perkins, cyril cusack, claude dauphin the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 20 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Les miserables tv movie 1978 imdb cyril cusack, richard jordan, les miserables 2012, fredric march, jean valjean, anthony perkins, liam neeson, uma thurman, french revolution richard gatlingin 1862 he patented his first rapidfire machine gun, which. Les miserables movie 1978 starring richard jordan and anthony perkins rob macks july 2, 2014 at 7. Screenwriter john gay does a nice compression job on hugos mammoth. With richard jordan, anthony perkins, cyril cusack, claude dauphin.
Les miserables 1978 glenn jordan, richard jordan, anthony perkins, cyril cusack, drama, history april 6, 2017 in late 18th century 1795 france, in the middle of the french revolution, the unemployed woodman jean valjean is arrested for stealing bread to feed his family and sentenced to five years in prison in toulon. Les miserables jean valjean 1978 interiors frederick 1978 the defection of simas kudirka commander edward devon 1978. This is in my humble opinion the best madefortv movie ever made. Rent les miserables 1978 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. This time, richard jordan is the persecuted french exconvict jean valjean, and anthony perkins is the relentless police officer javert, who dogs valjeans trail for forty years. Les miserables is a 1978 british madefortelevision film adaptation of the 1862 novel of the same name by victor hugo. I watched the 1978 film starring richard jordan and anthony perkins. Les miserables tv movie 1978 imdb cyril cusack, richard jordan, les miserables 2012, fredric march, jean valjean, anthony perkins, liam neeson, uma thurman, french revolution richard gatlingin 1862 he patented his first rapidfire machine gun, which had six rotating barrels and was cranked by hand. June 22nd, 2004 not yet rated 2 hr 20 min plot summary.
The charters seemed like real, struggling human beings. Buy les miserables 1978 dvd from amazons movies store. I first saw this made for television movie when it originally aired back in 1978. Les miserables 1978 original theatrical trailer youtube.
Les miserables tv miniseries, 2019, starring dominic west, david oyelowo and lily collins. Maybe his greatest movie was the adaptation of les miserables 1978 with anthony perkins. Richard jordan as jean valjean, anthony perkins as javert, angela pleasence as fantine, caroline langrishe as cosette joanna price as young cosette, christopher guard as marius, ian holm as thenardier, caroline blakiston as madame thenardier, timothy morand as enjolras, dexter fletcher as gavroche, cyril cusack as fauchelevent, claude dauphine as bishop myriel, john gielgud as gillenormand. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Lew grades 1978 tv version of les miserables with richard jordan as jean valjean and anthony perkins as javert is a reasonably solid version of the book that hits the main plot elements. His son robert anson jordan iii was born in 1982 during his nineyear relationship with actress blair brown. Caroline langrishe in les miserables tv movie cbs this is an original press photo. Released 1978, les miserables stars richard jordan, anthony perkins, cyril cusack, claude dauphin the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 20 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. After swiping a loaf of bread to feed his family, frenchman jean valjean richard jordan is put behind bars.