Geoffrey Rush credited as playing...
- Javert: I've tried to live my life without breaking a single rule...
- [takes Valjean's shackles off, pushes him to the ground and puts them on himself]
- Javert: You're free.
- Javert: [reading proof that Monsieur le Maire is Jean Valjean] I knew it... I knew it. I KNEW IT!
- Javert: Reform is a discredited fantasy. Modern science tells us that people are by nature, law breakers or law abiders. A wolf could wear sheep's clothing but he's still a wolf.
- Javert: An honest man has nothing to fear from the truth.
- Javert: Reform is a discarded fantasy.
- Javert: It's a pity the law doesn't allow me to be merciful.
- Javert: Monsieur, a serious... a grave violation of the public trust has been committed. An inferior has shown a complete lack of respect for the law. He must be exposed and punished.
- Jean Valjean: Who is the offender?
- Javert: I am. I slandered you Monsieur le maire, I'm here to ask that you demand my dismissal.
- Javert: [about Valjean] He lies so well, doesn't he? He's had a lot of practice. A lifetime of lies.
- Javert: This week was the same as last, every night?
- Informer: Inspector, they're in love. It's perfectly nauseating. She sneaks out the door, and they're together till dawn. They even stay out there when it rains.
- [sneezes]
- Informer: I haven't caught the gun supply, Inspector, I've caught pneumonia.
- Javert: Jean Valjean. I *knew* it!
- Jean Valjean: You might be making a mistake.
- Javert: Mistake? What kind of mistake is that?
- Jean Valjean: Sometimes, people move into town to start a new slate, you might be doing more harm than good by prying into their private lives.
- Javert: What did you say? Speak up, people don't mumble when they speak to me.
- Javert: [Valjean slams Javert against the wall, starts to put his own handcuffs on him] Where will you go, Valjean? You don't have papers.
- Javert: [Valjean slams Javert's head against the wall once more] I'll find you...
- [another hit against the wall, Javert loses conciousness]
