Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a gypsy young 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.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Horror
Cast: Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Maureen O'Hara, Edmond O'Brien
Producer: Robert Wise, Van Nest Polglase, Vernon L. Walker, Mel Berns, Darrell Silvera
IMDb Score: 7.5/10 by 77 users
Runtime: 113 minutes
Released: 12/29/1939