The Hunchback of Notre Dame
movie
Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!
Released August 31, 1939
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.
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
Crew
William Dieterle
as
Director
Victor Hugo
as
Novel
Sonya Levien
as
Screenplay
Pandro S. Berman
as
Producer
Alfred Newman
as
Original Music Composer
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Joseph H. August
as
Director of Photography
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William Hamilton
as
Editor
Robert Wise
as
Editor
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Mel Berns
as
Makeup Department Head
Bruno Frank
as
Adaptation
Vernon L. Walker
as
Special Effects
Van Nest Polglase
as
Art Direction