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Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn

He ruled Jamaica Inn...citadel of sin on the moors, curse-ridden, shunned, reviled. Enough sensations for a dozen pictures. Laughton at his most magnificent.

19396.11h 40m

Overview

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.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Sidney Gilliat, Daphne du Maurier, Joan Harrison
Produced by Erich Pommer, Charles Laughton
Box OfficeBudget: $200K0

Top Cast

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Sir Humphrey Pengallan

Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

Mary Yellan

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

James "Jem" Trehearne

Leslie Banks

Leslie Banks

Joss Merlyn

Marie Ney

Marie Ney

Patience Merlyn

Horace Hodges

Horace Hodges

Chadwick

Emlyn Williams

Emlyn Williams

Harry

Wylie Watson

Wylie Watson

Salvation

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

Thomas

Hay Petrie

Hay Petrie

Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam

Themes & Keywords

seabased on novel or booksmuggling (contraband)undercover agentkidnappingshipwreckgreedcornwall, englandpirateblack and whitearistocratmultiple murder19th centurysquireplundercutthroatloyal wife

About Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn is a crime, adventure, thriller film released in 1939 exploring themes of sea, based on novel or book, smuggling (contraband), undercover agent, kidnapping, shipwreck. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it stars Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton. 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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