Jamaica Inn (1939)

  • NR
  • 10/11/1939 (US)
  • Crime, Adventure, Thriller
  • 1h 40m

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.

Alfred Hitchcock

Director

Sidney Gilliat

Screenplay

Daphne du Maurier

Novel

Joan Harrison

Screenplay

Cast

Charles Laughton's headshot

Charles Laughton

Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Maureen O'Hara's headshot

Maureen O'Hara

Mary Yellan
Robert Newton's headshot

Robert Newton

James "Jem" Trehearne
Leslie Banks's headshot

Leslie Banks

Joss Merlyn
Marie Ney's headshot

Marie Ney

Patience Merlyn
Horace Hodges's headshot

Horace Hodges

Chadwick
Emlyn Williams's headshot

Emlyn Williams

Harry
Wylie Watson's headshot

Wylie Watson

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