Jamaica Inn

1939 100 min ★ 6.1 Crime, Adventure, Thriller

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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Cast

Charles Laughton

Sir Humphrey Pengallan

Maureen O'Hara

Mary Yellan

Robert Newton

James "Jem" Trehearne

Leslie Banks

Joss Merlyn

Marie Ney

Patience Merlyn

Horace Hodges

Chadwick

Emlyn Williams

Harry

Wylie Watson

Salvation

Mervyn Johns

Thomas

Hay Petrie

Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam

Details

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay

Sidney Gilliat

Tagline

"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."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$200,436

Production

Mayflower Pictures

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

June 22, 2022

★ 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 a...

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tmcd77

November 3, 2024

★ 2/10

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.