Gothic drama based on the novel by Victor Hugo in which the hunchbacked bell-ringer Quasimodo (Lon Chaney) lives in the bell-towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He loves a beautiful gypsy girl, Esmeralda (Patsy Ruth Miller), who in turn loves Captain Phoebus (Norman Kerry). Quasimodo's evil master Jehan (Brandon Hurst) has his own plans for Esmeralda and Quasimodo does his best to protect her, but a final showdown at Notre Dame ends in tragedy.