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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) | User Rating
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Original title: Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 16, 1997
Running Time
1 hour, 56 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Studio RKO Pictures
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Other Titles
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
• Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (1948)
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Genre: Drama, Love, Suspense, Monsters, Murder, Melodrama, Period Piece, Thieves, Mutants, Witches, Wizards & Magic
Tagline: Impact ! Power ! Pathos ! Drama !
Plot: Although many of the films released under the studio system during the so-called Golden Age may have been something less than golden and some of their creators may have felt like well-paid galley slaves, at its best, as in this film, the system was capable of producing a type of intelligent entertainment now rarely seen. Starring Charles Laughton as the severely misshapen bellringer Quasimodo, William Dieterle's adaptation of the familar Victor Hugo classic is set in the bustling society of 15th-century Paris, as the forces of church and state strive to maintain their sway over a populace struggling for a better life. Jean Frollo (Cedric Hardwicke), chief justice of Paris, unites secular and religious authority in one foully hypocritical personage. Spying a spectacularly beautiful Gypsy woman named Esmeralda (Maureen O'Hara) in church, he sends his factotum, Quasimodo, to abduct her. Frollo's plan is foiled by Phoebus, captain of the guard (Alan Marshall), and the hunchback is sentenced to public flogging and exposure. Despite her earlier fear of Quasimodo, only Esmeralda is willing help the bound hunchback as he begs for water in the public square. The film features one of Laughton's best performances, a superb supporting cast, a vivd script, and extraordinary production
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| Directed by |
William Dieterle
Portrait of Jennie, The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Life of Emile Zola |
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| Written by |
| Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Misérables, Les, Misérables, Les |
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| Cast |
Maureen O'Hara
The Quiet Man, Miracle on 34th Street, How Green Was My Valley |
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Wild Bunch, White Heat | Alan Marshal
House on Haunted Hill, After the Thin Man, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | | |
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| Music By |
Alfred Newman
All About Eve, The Seven Year Itch, Foreign Correspondent |
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