The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) | Directed by Wallace Worsley - Full Movie

In 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with the gypsy queen.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1923 American drama film starring Lon Chaney, directed by Wallace Worsley, and produced by Carl Laemmle and Irving Thalberg. The supporting cast includes Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Nigel de Brulier, and Brandon Hurst. The film was Universal's "Super Jewel" of 1923 and was their most successful silent film, grossing $3.5 million.

The film is based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, and is notable for the grand sets that recall 15th century Paris as well as for Chaney's performance and make-up as the tortured hunchback Quasimodo. The film elevated Chaney, already a well-known character actor, to full star status in Hollywood, and also helped set a standard for many later horror films, including Chaney's The Phantom of the Opera in 1925. In 1951, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.

Directed by: Wallace Worsley
Screenplay by: Edward T. Lowe, Jr., Perley Poore Sheehan
Based on: The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Produced by: Carl Laemmle
Uncredited: Lon Chaney, Irving Thalberg
Starring: Lon Chaney
Cinematography: Robert Newhard, Tony Kornman, Virgil Miller, Stephen S. Norton, Charles J. Stumar
Edited by: Edward Curtiss, Maurice Pivar, Sydney Singerman
Music by: Cecil Copping, Carl Edouarde, Hugo Riesenfeld, Heinz Eric Roemheld
Production company: Universal Pictures
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release date: September 6, 1923
Running time: 102 minutes, 117 min (Director's cut), 98 min (cut edition)
Country: United States
Language: Silent (English intertitles)
Budget: $1,250,000 (estimated)
Box office: $3.5 million (worldwide rentals)