The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Released: Dec 29, 1939
Runtime: 1h 57m
Rating: ⭐ 7.3 / 10
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
The Hunchback Quasimodo

Cedric Hardwicke
Frollo

Thomas Mitchell
Clopin

Maureen O'Hara
Esmeralda

Edmond O'Brien
Gringoire

Alan Marshal
Phoebus

Walter Hampden
Archdeacon

Harry Davenport
King Louis XI

Katharine Alexander
Madame de Lys

George Zucco
Procurator