The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1939 film about a deformed bell ringer who rescues a falsely accused gypsy girl.

Directed by William Dieterle. Written by Sonya Levien. Based on the novel by Victor Hugo

BIG beyond words!...Wondrous beyond belief!...Magnificent beyond compare!  (taglines)

Dialogue

Quasimodo: I never realized till now how ugly I am, because you're so beautiful... I'm not a man! I'm not a beast! I'm about as shapeless as the man in the moon! I'm deaf, you know, but you can speak to me by signs.

Esmeralda: Why did you save me?

Quasimodo: You ask me why I saved you? Oh, I tried to carry you off, and the next day you gave me a drink of water and little pity.

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Gringoire: Your hands are like ice. You're not afraid are you?

Esmeralda: Not now oh Gringoire, Why did I ever come to Paris?

Gringoire: Don't cry darling

Esmeralda: I keep thinking and thinking How I came here to soften the king heart towards my people until my silly heart betrayed me for that I deserve to die.

Gringoire: You will not! I will get you free.

Esmeralda: You will look out after my people when I am gone.

Taglines

• BIG beyond words!...Wondrous beyond belief!...Magnificent beyond compare!

Cast

• Charles Laughton — Quasimodo
• Cedric Hardwicke — Judge Jean Frollo
• Thomas Mitchell — Clopin Trouillefou
• Maureen O'Hara — Esmeralda
• Edmond O'Brien — Pierre Gringoire
• Alan Marshal — Captain Phoebus
• Walter Hampden — Archbishop Claude Frollo
• Harry Davenport — King Louis XI
• Katharine Alexander — Madame de Lys
• George Zucco — Procurator
• Fritz Leiber — Old Nobleman
• Etienne Girardot — the King's Doctor
• Helene Whitney — Fleur de Lys
• Mina Gombell — Queen of Beggars
• Arthur Hohl — Olivier

External links

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Allmovie