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Jamaica Inn (1939)

12/05/1939 (GB)
Crime, Adventure, Thriller
1h 48m

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 coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.

  • Alfred HitchcockDirector
  • Sidney GilliatScreenplay
  • Joan HarrisonScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $200,436

Keywords

  • 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

Top Billed Cast

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Sir Humphrey Pengallan

Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

Mary Yellan

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

James "Jem" Trehearne

Leslie Banks

Leslie Banks

Joss Merlyn

Marie Ney

Marie Ney

Patience Merlyn

Horace Hodges

Horace Hodges

Chadwick

Emlyn Williams

Emlyn Williams

Harry

Wylie Watson

Wylie Watson

Salvation

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

Thomas

Hay Petrie

Hay Petrie

Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam

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