The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!
116 min
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.
- Release date
- August 31, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Alfred Newman
- Budget
- $1,800,000
- Box office
- $6,877,900
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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)
- Arthur Millett as Count Graville (uncredited)
- Ferdinand Munier as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- Barlowe Borland as Dubois (uncredited)
- Victor Kilian as Esmeralda's Hangman (uncredited)
Crew
- William Dieterle · Director
- Victor Hugo · Writer
- Sonya Levien · Writer
- Bruno Frank · Writer
- Pandro S. Berman · Producer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- Joseph H. August · Cinematographer
- William Hamilton · Editor
- Robert Wise · Editor