The Hunchback of Notre Dame
“Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!”
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.
Genres
Drama, Romance, Horror
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Hunchback of Notre Dame performed
Budget
$1.8M
Worldwide Gross
$6.9M
Gross Profit
$5.1M
Return
3.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$990K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
The Hunchback Quasimodo
Charles Laughton
The Hunchback Quasimodo
Frollo
Cedric Hardwicke
Frollo
Clopin
Thomas Mitchell
Clopin
Esmeralda
Maureen O'Hara
Esmeralda
Gringoire
Edmond O'Brien
Gringoire
Phoebus
Alan Marshal
Phoebus
Archdeacon
Walter Hampden
Archdeacon
King Louis XI
Harry Davenport
King Louis XI
Madame de Lys
Katharine Alexander
Madame de Lys
Procurator
George Zucco
Procurator
Old Nobleman
Fritz Leiber
Old Nobleman
Doctor
Etienne Girardot
Doctor
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