The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

7.3/10 117 min Drama Romance Horror

Overview

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

Cast

Charles Laughton

The Hunchback Quasimodo

Cedric Hardwicke

Frollo

Thomas Mitchell

Clopin

Maureen O'Hara

Esmeralda

Edmond O'Brien

Gringoire

Alan Marshal

Phoebus

Walter Hampden

Archdeacon

Harry Davenport

King Louis XI

Katharine Alexander

Madame de Lys

George Zucco

Procurator

Fritz Leiber

Old Nobleman

Etienne Girardot

Doctor

Helene Reynolds

Fleur de Lys

Minna Gombell

Queen of Beggars

Arthur Hohl

Olivier

Curt Bois

Student

George Tobias

Beggar

Rod La Rocque

Phillippe

Spencer Charters

Court Clerk

Kathryn Adams

Fleur's Companion #1

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