• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1939-12-29
  • Runtime117 minutes
  • TaglineImpact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!
  • Revenue6,877,900$
  • GenreDrama, Romance, Horror
  • Production
    CompaniesRKO Radio Pictures
  • Budget1,800,000$

Movie 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.

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Charles Laughton

Cedric Hardwicke

Thomas Mitchell

Maureen O'Hara

Edmond O'Brien

Alan Marshal

Walter Hampden

Harry Davenport

Katharine Alexander

George Zucco

Fritz Leiber

Etienne Girardot

Helene Reynolds

Minna Gombell

Arthur Hohl

Curt Bois

George Tobias

Rod La Rocque

Spencer Charters

Kathryn Adams

Diane Hunter

Sig Arno