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A Balasaur Score of 59 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 54%, Metacritic 52/100. Most of the 92 1930s crime movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes54%
Metacritic52/100
257 audience votes
Key crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Eric FenbyOriginal Music Composer
- Sidney GilliatScreenplay
- Joan HarrisonScreenplay
Cast
- Charles LaughtonSir Humphrey Pengallan
- Maureen O'HaraMary Yellan
- Robert NewtonJames "Jem" Trehearne
- Leslie BanksJoss Merlyn
- Marie NeyPatience Merlyn
- Horace HodgesChadwick
- Emlyn WilliamsHarry
- Wylie WatsonSalvation
- Mervyn JohnsThomas
- Hay PetrieSir Humphrey's Groom Sam
- Edwin GreenwoodDandy
- Stephen HaggardWillie
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Themes
seabased on novel or booksmuggling (contraband)undercover agentkidnappingshipwreckgreedcornwall, englandpirateblack and whitearistocratmultiple murder