Classic retelling of Victor Hugo's novel about lonely bellringer Quasimodo, shunned for his grotesque appearance, who finds solace in unrequited love for the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda. At first content to worship from afar, he is spurred into action when the object of his affection is put on trial for her life - and launches an ill-fated rescue attempt. Charles Laughton is unforgettably tragic in the title role, alongside Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke and Thomas Mitchell.

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.