The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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7.3(222) 1939-08-31 117 minDramaRomanceHorror
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.
DirectorWilliam Dieterle
ProducerPandro S. Berman
ScreenplaySonya Levien
Original Music ComposerAlfred Newman
Cast & characters
Charles Laughton
as The Hunchback Quasimodo
Cedric Hardwicke
as Frollo
Thomas Mitchell
as Clopin
Maureen O'Hara
as Esmeralda
Edmond O'Brien
as Gringoire
Alan Marshal
as Phoebus
Walter Hampden
as Archdeacon
Harry Davenport
as King Louis XI
Katharine Alexander
as Madame de Lys
George Zucco
as Procurator
Fritz Leiber
as Old Nobleman
Etienne Girardot
as Doctor
Helene Reynolds
as Fleur de Lys
Minna Gombell
as Queen of Beggars
Arthur Hohl
as Olivier
Curt Bois
as Student
George Tobias
as Beggar
Rod La Rocque
as Phillippe
Spencer Charters
as Court Clerk
Kathryn Adams
as Fleur's Companion #1
Diane Hunter
as Fleur's Companion #2
Sig Arno
as Tailor
Frank Mills
as Beggar (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
as Butcher (uncredited)
