Jamaica Inn
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Edward Joseph
Roy Goddard
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CinemaSerf
Charles Laughton excels as local grandee "Sir Humphrey" in this super adaptation of Daphné du Maurier's book. The bleak photography and huge great waves help generate a sense of the menace of the evil Cornish wreckers. They are led by Leslie Banks's malevolent "Joss" who is just as cruel to his wife "Patience" (Marie Ney) as he is to any survivors after his men seek to drive ships onto the rocks and make off with the contraband - murdering as they go. His niece "Mary" (Maureen O'Hara) and under-cover customs man "Trehearne" (Robert Newton) discover the evil antics and complicities of both "Joss", his puppet-master and his accomplices and the film now tells the tale of their own death-defying actions trying to bring all to justice. Alfred Hitchcock has much to work with here, the photography is effective and the star is exactly that.
tmcd77
Daphne du Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock, both of Rebecca fame, what could go wrong? Well, everything really. Dodgy cinematography, even for the time. Charles Laughton hamming it like Matt Lucas. Slow paced. Give this one a hard pass.
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The directors of Jamaica Inn are Alfred Hitchcock, Edward Joseph, and Roy Goddard.
The cast of Jamaica Inn includes Leslie Banks as Joss Merlyn, George Curzon as Captain Murray, Clare Greet as Granny Tremarney, Frederick Piper as Davis, Charles Laughton as Sir Humphrey Pengallan, Philip Ray as Undetermined Role (uncredited), Basil Radford as Lord George, John Longden as Captain Johnson (uncredited), Emlyn Williams as Harry, Wylie Watson as Salvation, Robert Adair as Undetermined Role (uncredited), Robert Newton as James "Jem" Trehearne, and more.
The duration of Jamaica Inn is 1h 40 mins.
Yes. Jamaica Inn has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including Jamaica Inn 1939 Trailer HD | Alfred Hitchcock | Charles Laughton. Watch them on this page.
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Jamaica Inn was released on 11 May 1939.
Jamaica Inn is listed under Crime, Adventure, and Thriller on Fanbiz.
Jamaica Inn has 2 reviews on Fanziz, with an average rating of 4.5/10. One reviewer wrote: "Charles Laughton excels as local grandee "Sir Humphrey" in this super adaptation of Daphné du Maurier's book. The bleak photography and huge great waves help generate a sense of..."
