Top billed cast

1. 

   Charles Laughton

   The Hunchback Quasimodo

2. 

   Cedric Hardwicke

   Frollo

3. 

   Thomas Mitchell

   Clopin

4. 

   Maureen O'Hara

   Esmeralda

5. 

   Edmond O'Brien

   Gringoire

6. 

   Alan Marshal

   Phoebus

7. 

   Walter Hampden

   Archdeacon

8. 

   Harry Davenport

   King Louis XI

9. 

   Katharine Alexander

   Madame de Lys

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-22

The is a wonderfully evocative version of the timeless Victor Hugo story of love, desire, cruelty and brutality in 1490's Paris. Charles Laughton turns in a tour de force performance as the physically and mentally disabled "Quasimodo" who is feared, loathed and ridiculed by the local population. When a wandering gypsy girl "Esmerelda" (quite possibly Maureen O'Hara's best ever performance) is found guilty of murder he rescues her and gives her sanctuary in the high bell tower of Notre Dame cathedral. Here she is easy prey for the already infatuated "Frollo" - superby depicted by Sir Cedric Har...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,800,000.00

Revenue
$6,877,900.00

Keywords

• sibling relationship
• paris, france
• based on novel or book
• unrequited love
• racism
• black and white
• kindness
• hunchback
• notre dame cathedral
• bell ringing
• beggar clan
• physical deformity
• sanctuary
• bell ringer
• 15th century
• gypsy woman
• church asylum