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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939
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Falls from heights, Hunchbacks, Lechery, False accusations, Soldiers, Wards and guardians, Gypsies, Cathedrals, France--History--Medieval period, Beggars

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Cast: Charles Laughton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell
Director: William Dieterle
Writer: Sonya Levien, Bruno Frank
Cinematographer: Joseph August
Editor: William Hamilton, Robert Wise
Production Designers: Van Nest Polglase
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

In this esteemed 1939 adaption of Victor Hugo’s THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, Charles Laughton went to great lengths to make the character “Quasimodo” his own. Laughton followed in the venerated footsteps of Lon Chaney, who portrayed the hunchback in a 1923 silent version of the novel…

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