The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama! 1939-12-29 United States of America 117 Min. PG-13
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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 is The Hunchback Quasimodo
The Hunchback Quasimodo
Maureen O'Hara is Esmeralda
Edmond O'Brien is Gringoire
Alan Marshal is Phoebus
Walter Hampden is Archdeacon
Archdeacon
Harry Davenport is King Louis XI
King Louis XI
Katharine Alexander is Madame de Lys
Madame de Lys
George Zucco is Procurator
Procurator
Fritz Leiber is Old Nobleman
Old Nobleman