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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Release: 1939-08-31 ·Runtime: 117m ·★ 7.3
Drama Romance Horror

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.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Eddie Bracken Eddie Bracken as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited) John George John George as Townsman (uncredited) Dick Dickinson Dick Dickinson as Wooden-Leg Man (uncredited) Margaret Seddon Margaret Seddon as Older Sister (uncredited) George Zucco George Zucco as Procurator Cy Kendall Cy Kendall as Nobleman Signing Petition (uncredited) Norbert Schiller Norbert Schiller as Saturn (uncredited) Theodore Lorch Theodore Lorch as Minor Role (uncredited) Thomas Mitchell Thomas Mitchell as Clopin Louis Adlon Louis Adlon as Venus (uncredited) Cedric Hardwicke Cedric Hardwicke as Frollo Walter Hampden Walter Hampden as Archdeacon Rod La Rocque Rod La Rocque as Phillippe Richard Clayton Richard Clayton as Young Priest at Cathedral (uncredited) Harry Davenport Harry Davenport as King Louis XI Etienne Girardot Etienne Girardot as Doctor Arthur Hohl Arthur Hohl as Olivier Curt Bois Curt Bois as Student Dewey Robinson Dewey Robinson as Butcher (uncredited) Minna Gombell Minna Gombell as Queen of Beggars Sig Arno Sig Arno as Tailor Tempe Pigott Tempe Pigott as Madeleine (uncredited) Kenner G. Kemp Kenner G. Kemp as Townsman (uncredited) Victor Kilian Victor Kilian as Esmeralda's Hangman (uncredited) George Barrows George Barrows as Minor Role (uncredited) Rondo Hatton Rondo Hatton as Ugly Man (uncredited) Jack Perrin Jack Perrin as Minor Role (uncredited) George Tobias George Tobias as Beggar Frank Mills Frank Mills as Beggar (uncredited) Peter Godfrey Peter Godfrey as Monk (uncredited) J. C. Fowler J. C. Fowler as Nobleman (uncredited) Charles Halton Charles Halton as Printer (uncredited) Paul Newlan Paul Newlan as Whipper (uncredited) Charles Laughton Charles Laughton as The Hunchback Quasimodo Fritz Leiber Fritz Leiber as Old Nobleman Spencer Charters Spencer Charters as Court Clerk Ralph Dunn Ralph Dunn as Soldier (uncredited) Diane Hunter Diane Hunter as Fleur's Companion #2 Charlie Hall Charlie Hall as Mercury (uncredited) Alexander Granach Alexander Granach as Soldier (uncredited) Margaret McWade Margaret McWade as Younger Sister (uncredited) Alan Marshal Alan Marshal as Phoebus Lionel Belmore Lionel Belmore as Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited) Nestor Paiva Nestor Paiva as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited) Edmund Cobb Edmund Cobb as Soldier (uncredited) Russ Powell Russ Powell as 'Ugly Man' Contestant #2 (uncredited) Charles Drake Charles Drake as Young Priest (uncredited) Katharine Alexander Katharine Alexander as Madame de Lys Harry Cording Harry Cording as Guard (uncredited) Eddie Dew Eddie Dew as Minor Role (uncredited) Edmond O'Brien Edmond O'Brien as Gringoire Helene Reynolds Helene Reynolds as Fleur de Lys Kathryn Adams Kathryn Adams as Fleur's Companion #1 Maureen O'Hara Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda Barlowe Borland Barlowe Borland as Dubois (uncredited)