Editing Michael Rennie (section)

===''Les Misérables''===
Buoyed by the strong critical reception and profitability of ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'', Fox assigned much of the credit to the central performance of Rennie. Convinced that it had a potential [[leading man]] under contract, the studio decided to produce a new version of ''[[Les Misérables (1952 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (1952) as a vehicle for him. The film was directed by [[Lewis Milestone]], known for his early sound version of ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]''. Rennie's performance was respectfully, but not enthusiastically, received by the critics. Ultimately, ''Les Misérables'' returned an extremely modest profit and put an end to any further attempts to promote the 43-year-old Rennie as a potential star. This caused the studio to cancel a project he was attached to in 1952 — ''Arms of Venus''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fox to film story of Nazis in Greece: ' Arms of Venus' Involves Men Who Thought They Found Statue's Lost Appendages |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/01/28/archives/fox-to-film-story-of-nazis-in-greece-arms-of-venus-involves-men-who.html |last=Pryor |first=Thomas |newspaper=The New York Times |date=28 January 1952 |page=14 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He was, however, launched on a thriving career as a top supporting actor at Fox, often playing figures of authority, such as doctors or military officers.