Jamaica Inn (1939)

  • NR
  • 10/11/1939 (US)
  • 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 Hitchcock

Director

Sidney Gilliat

Screenplay

Joan Harrison

Screenplay

Daphne du Maurier

Novel

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

Salvation

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