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Romantic rivalry, Kings, Falls from heights, France History Medieval period, Poets, Wards and guardians, Rescues, Hunchbacks, Gypsies, Lechery
Cast: Charles Laughton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell [ More ]
Director: William Dieterle
Writers: Sonya Levien, Bruno Frank
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Cinematographer: Joseph August
Editors: William Hamilton, Robert Wise
Production Designer: Van Nest Polglase
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
As Robert Osborne describes this esteemed 1939 adaption of Victor Hugo’s THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, he explains the great lengths Charles Laughton went into making 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…
