▁American ) ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁w art ime ▁sp y ▁thr iller , ▁ 5 ▁F ingers ▁( 1 9 5 2 ), ▁as ▁the ▁agent ▁who ▁tracks ▁down ▁James ▁Mason ' s ▁sp y . ▁He ▁did ▁some ▁narr ation ▁for ▁The ▁Des ert ▁Fox : ▁The ▁Story ▁of ▁R omm el ▁( 1 9 5 1 ) ▁and ▁would ▁provide ▁voice ▁o vers ▁for ▁several ▁Fox ▁films , ▁such ▁as ▁P ony ▁Sold ier ▁( 1 9 5 2 ), ▁T itan ic ▁( 1 9 5 3 ), ▁The ▁Des ert ▁R ats ▁( 1 9 5 3 ), ▁Prince ▁V ali ant ▁( 1 9 5 4 ). ▁ ▁Les ▁M isé rab les ▁Bu oy ed ▁by ▁the ▁strong ▁critical ▁reception ▁and ▁profit ability ▁of ▁The ▁Day ▁the ▁Earth ▁Sto od ▁Still , ▁Fox ▁assigned ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁credit ▁to ▁the ▁central ▁performance ▁of ▁R enn ie . ▁Con vin ced ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁a ▁potential ▁leading ▁man ▁under ▁contract , ▁the ▁studio ▁decided ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁new ▁version ▁of ▁Les ▁M isé rab les ▁( 1 9 5 2 ) ▁as ▁a ▁vehicle ▁for ▁him . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Lewis ▁Mil estone , ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁early ▁sound ▁version ▁of ▁All ▁Qu iet ▁on ▁the ▁Western ▁Front . ▁R enn ie ' s ▁performance ▁was ▁respect fully , ▁but ▁not ▁enthus iast ically , ▁received ▁by ▁the ▁critics . ▁Ult imately , ▁Les ▁M isé rab les ▁turned ▁in ▁an ▁extremely ▁mod est ▁profit ▁and