RKO RADIO PICTURES
Starring Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara
Charles Laughton, leading a distinguished cast, gives one of his greatest performances as the grotesquely deformed outcast, Quasimodo - the bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral - who falls in love with the beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda. Laughton magnificently and movingly conveys Quasimodo's kindness and beauty of character and his superiority as a human being to the handsome worldlings of the court of Louis XI.
This was one of RKO's greatest successes and one of their most lavish and costly films. It is remarkable for the harsh portrayal of the cruelty and poverty of the period.
Screenplay by SONYA LEVIEN and BRUNO FRANK from the novel by VICTOR HUGO Produced by PANDRO s. BERMAN Directed by WILLIAM DIETERLE 0 FILMS: page 19