The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

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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 (79)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Fritz Leiber

Old Nobleman

Etienne Girardot

Doctor

Helene Reynolds

Fleur de Lys

Minna Gombell

Queen of Beggars

Arthur Hohl

Olivier

Curt Bois

Student

George Tobias

Beggar

Rod La Rocque

Phillippe

Spencer Charters

Court Clerk

Kathryn Adams

Fleur's Companion #1

Diane Hunter

Fleur's Companion #2

Sig Arno

Tailor

Frank Mills

Beggar (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

Butcher (uncredited)

F

Frank Mazzola

Child (uncredited)

A

Alan Copeland

Choirboy (uncredited)

A

Arthur Millett

Count Graville (uncredited)

Ferdinand Munier

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Barlowe Borland

Dubois (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

Esmeralda's Hangman (uncredited)

J

James Fawcett

Festival Ball-Walker (uncredited)

A

Alan Spear

Festival Contortionist (uncredited)

W

Ward Shattuck

Festival Juggler (uncredited)

R

Ray Long

Festival Skeleton Dancer (uncredited)

L

Lillian Nicholson

Fleur's Servant (uncredited)

G

Gisela Werbisek

Grandmother (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Guard (uncredited)

A

Angela Mulinos

Helene (uncredited)

Lionel Belmore

Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)

E

Earl Clyde

Juggler (uncredited)

T

Thom Fox

Jupiter (uncredited)

G

Gretl Dupont

Lissy (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

Madeleine (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)

A

Arthur Dulac

Mars (uncredited)

V

Vallejo Gantner

Merchant (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Mercury (uncredited)

George Barrows

Minor Role (uncredited)

Peter Godfrey

Monk (uncredited)

E

Edward Groag

Moon (uncredited)

J

J. C. Fowler

Nobleman (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

Nobleman Signing Petition (uncredited)

Charles Halton

Printer (uncredited)

Norbert Schiller

Saturn (uncredited)

E

Eddie Abdo

Singer (uncredited)

Alexander Granach

Soldier (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Soldier (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Soldier (uncredited)

Eddie Bracken

Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

H

Harold DeGarro

Stilt Walker (uncredited)

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