Jamaica Inn

1939

1h 40m

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6.1/10

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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.

Directors

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers

Sidney Gilliat(screenplay by)

Daphne du Maurier(novel by)

Joan Harrison(screenplay by)

Stars

Charles Laughton

Maureen O'Hara

Robert Newton

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Charles Laughton

Sir Humphrey Pengallan

Maureen O'Hara

Mary Yellan

Robert Newton

James "Jem" Trehearne

Joss Merlyn

Patience Merlyn

Chadwick

Harry

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Thomas

Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam

Dandy

Willie

Sydney

Lord George

Captain Murray

Sir Humphrey's Dinner Guest

A. Bromley Davenport

Lord Ringwood

Mabel Terry-Lewis

Lady Beston

Directors

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers

Sidney Gilliat(screenplay by)

Daphne du Maurier(novel by)

Joan Harrison(screenplay by)

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7/10

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.

Geronimo196722 Jun, 2022