The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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.
- genus: Drama, Romance, Horror
- Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
- keyword: sibling relationship, paris, france, based on novel or book, unrequited love, racism, kindness, hunchback, notre dame cathedral, bell ringing, beggar clan, physical deformity, sanctuary, bell ringer, 15th century, gypsy woman, church asylum
- cast: Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Maureen O'Hara, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Marshal
