The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

12/29/1939 1h 57m

Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!

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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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Cast Ages at Release

Charles Laughton

as The Hunchback Quasimodo

Born 06/30/1899

Died 12/15/1962, age

Cedric Hardwicke

as Frollo

Born 02/18/1893

Died 08/06/1964, age

Thomas Mitchell

as Clopin

Born 07/10/1892

Died 12/17/1962, age

Maureen O'Hara

as Esmeralda

Born 08/17/1920

Died 10/24/2015, age

Edmond O'Brien

as Gringoire

Born 09/10/1915

Died 05/09/1985, age

Alan Marshal

as Phoebus

Born 01/30/1909

Died 07/10/1961, age

Walter Hampden

as Archdeacon

Born 06/28/1879

Died 06/11/1955, age

Katharine Alexander

as Madame de Lys

Born 09/20/1898

Died 01/10/1981, age

Minna Gombell

as Queen of Beggars

Born 05/27/1892

Died 04/14/1973, age

Curt Bois

as Student

Born 04/05/1901

Died 12/25/1991, age

George Tobias

as Beggar

Born 07/14/1901

Died 02/27/1980, age

Rod La Rocque

as Phillippe

Born 11/18/1898

Died 10/15/1969, age

Nestor Paiva

as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)

Born 06/30/1905

Died 09/09/1966, age

Eddie Bracken

as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

Born 02/07/1915

Died 11/14/2002, age

Charles Drake

as Young Priest (uncredited)

Born 10/02/1917

Died 09/10/1994, age