The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939/12/29 (US) | Drama, Romance, Horror
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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.
William Dieterle
Director
Sonya Levien
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 1,800,000
Revenue
$ 6,877,900
Status
Released
Production Company
- RKO Radio Pictures
Crews
Robert Wise
Editor
Victor Hugo
Novel
Joseph H. August
Director of Photography
William Hamilton
Editor
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer