The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

117 mins | Drama, Horror, Romance | Dec. 29, 1939

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.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

117 mins | Drama, Horror, Romance | Dec. 29, 1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Directors William Dieterle
Writers Bruno Frank, Sonya Levien, Victor Hugo

Cast

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)

Frank Mazzola

as Child (uncredited)

Alan Copeland

as Choirboy (uncredited)

Arthur Millett

as Count Graville (uncredited)

Ferdinand Munier

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Barlowe Borland

as Dubois (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

as Esmeralda's Hangman (uncredited)

James Fawcett

as Festival Ball-Walker (uncredited)

Alan Spear

as Festival Contortionist (uncredited)

Ward Shattuck

as Festival Juggler (uncredited)

Ray Long

as Festival Skeleton Dancer (uncredited)

Lillian Nicholson

as Fleur's Servant (uncredited)

Gisela Werbisek

as Grandmother (uncredited)

Harry Cording

as Guard (uncredited)

Angela Mulinos

as Helene (uncredited)

Lionel Belmore

as Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)

Earl Clyde

as Juggler (uncredited)

Thom Fox

as Jupiter (uncredited)

Gretl Dupont

as Lissy (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

as Madeleine (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)

Arthur Dulac

as Mars (uncredited)

Vallejo Gantner

as Merchant (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

as Mercury (uncredited)

George Barrows

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Peter Godfrey

as Monk (uncredited)

Edward Groag

as Moon (uncredited)

J. C. Fowler

as Nobleman (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

as Nobleman Signing Petition (uncredited)

Charles Halton

as Printer (uncredited)

Norbert Schiller

as Saturn (uncredited)

Eddie Abdo

as Singer (uncredited)

Alexander Granach

as Soldier (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

as Soldier (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

as Soldier (uncredited)

Eddie Bracken

as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

Harold DeGarro

as Stilt Walker (uncredited)

Louis Zamperini

as Street Urchin (uncredited)

John George

as Townsman (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

as Townsman (uncredited)

Rondo Hatton

as Ugly Man (uncredited)

Vangie Beilby

as 'Ugly Man' Contestant #1 (uncredited)

Russ Powell

as 'Ugly Man' Contestant #2 (uncredited)

Louis Adlon

as Venus (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

as Whipper (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson

as Wooden-Leg Man (uncredited)

Joseph P. Mack

as Workman in Play (uncredited)

Charles Drake

as Young Priest (uncredited)

Richard Clayton

as Young Priest at Cathedral (uncredited)