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Description: 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:
The Hunchback Quasimodo: Charles Laughton
Frollo: Cedric Hardwicke
Clopin: Thomas Mitchell
Esmeralda: Maureen O'Hara
Gringoire: Edmond O'Brien
Phoebus: Alan Marshal
Archdeacon: Walter Hampden
King Louis XI: Harry Davenport
Madame de Lys: Katharine Alexander
Procurator: George Zucco
Old Nobleman: Fritz Leiber
Doctor: Etienne Girardot
Fleur de Lys (as Helene Whitney): Helene Reynolds
Queen of Beggars: Minna Gombell
Olivier: Arthur Hohl
Student: Curt Bois
Beggar: Frank Mills
Phillippe: Rod La Rocque
Court Clerk: Spencer Charters
Fleur's Companion: Kathryn Adams
Fleur's Companion (as Dianne Hunter): Diane Hunter
Tailor (as Siegfried Arno): Sig Arno
Singer: Consuelo Melendez
Venus: Louis Adlon
Minor Role: Louis Williams
Contestant: Elsie Prescott
Judge at Esmeralda's Trial: Lionel Belmore
Short peasant at Quasimodo's arraignment: Ted Billings
Dubois: Barlowe Borland
Soldier at Festival of Fools: Eddie Bracken
Young Priest (novitiate) at Cathedral: Richard Clayton
Juggler: Earl Clyde
Soldier: Alexander Granach
Choirboy: Alan Copeland
Guard: Harry Cording
Stilt Walker: Harold DeGarro
Wooden-Leg Man: Dick Dickinson
Young Priest: Charles Drake
Mars: Arthur Dulac
Lissy: Gretl Dupont
Festival Ball-Walker: James Fawcett
Nobleman: J.C. Fowler
Jupiter: Thom Fox
Merchant: Vallejo Gantner
Townsman: Robert Milasch
Monk: Peter Godfrey
Moon: Edward Groag
Mercury: Charlie Hall
Printer: Charles Halton
Ugly Man: Rondo Hatton
Short Fat Soldier: Al Herman
Deaf Judge: Otto Hoffman
Nobleman Signing Petition: Cy Kendall
Esmeralda's Hangman: Victor Kilian
Townswoman: Ann Kunde
Festival Skeleton Dancer: Ray Long
Workman in Play: Joseph P. Mack
Child Extra: Frank Mazzola
Younger Sister: Margaret McWade
Count Graville: Arthur Millett
Helene: Angela Mulinos
Defense Attorney: Ferdinand Munier
Whipper: Paul Newlan
DeLys' Servant: Lillian Nicholson
Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive: Nestor Paiva
Madeleine: Tempe Pigott
Ladder Man: Antonio Pina
Second 'Ugly Man' Contestant: Russ Powell
Butcher: Dewey Robinson
Knight: Hector V. Sarno
Saturn: Norbert Schiller
Older Sister: Margaret Seddon
Festival Juggler: Ward Shattuck
Festival Contortionist: Alan Spear
Peasant in Play: Rudolf Steinboeck
Gypsy Girl: Ruth Sterling
Older Gypsy Woman: Fanny Sterling
Gypsy: Sam Sterling
Tightrope Man: Louis Valaris
Noble: Harry J. Vejar
Grandmother: Gisela Werbisek
Street Urchin: Louis Zamperini

Written by: Sonya Levien (screen play), Bruno Frank (adaptation), Victor Hugo

Director: William Dieterle

Production: RKO Radio Pictures

Release date: 29 Dec 1939