Jamaica Inn
1939 · Movie · 1h 40m · NR
CrimeAdventureThriller
"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."
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
54%
Metacritic
52/100
Key crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Eric FenbyOriginal Music Composer
- Joan HarrisonScreenplay
- Sidney GilliatScreenplay
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