Jamaica Inn

Unrated

10/11/19391h 40m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ 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.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$200,436.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

sea
based on novel or book
smuggling (contraband)
undercover agent
kidnapping
shipwreck
greed
cornwall, england
black and white
aristocrat
multiple murder
19th century
squire
plunder
cutthroat
loyal wife

Cast

Charles Laughton

~ as ~

Sir Humphrey Pengallan

Maureen O'Hara

~ as ~

Mary Yellan

Robert Newton

~ as ~

James "Jem" Trehearne

Leslie Banks

~ as ~

Joss Merlyn

Marie Ney

~ as ~

Patience Merlyn

Horace Hodges

~ as ~

Chadwick

Emlyn Williams

~ as ~

Harry

Wylie Watson

~ as ~

Salvation

Mervyn Johns

~ as ~

Thomas

Hay Petrie

~ as ~

Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam

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Reviews (2)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
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.
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tmcd77
Written 1 year(s) ago
2
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.