Jamaica Inn
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.
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- Adventure
- Crime
- Thriller
- History
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.
Keywords
- kidnapping
- based on novel or book
- england
- 19th century
- shipwreck
- pirate
- smuggling (contraband)
- aristocrat
- black and white
- sea
- cornwall
- undercover agent
- greed
- squire
- multiple murder
- cutthroat
- naive young woman
- plunder
- loyal wife
- cornwall, england
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 11, 1939
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Mayflower Pictures
- Cast
- Charles Laughton,Maureen O'Hara,Robert Newton,Leslie Banks,Marie Ney,Horace Hodges,Emlyn Williams,Wylie Watson,Mervyn Johns,Hay Petrieand 25 more
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Producer
- Erich Pommer,Charles Laughton
- Cinematography
- Bernard Knowles,Harry Stradling Sr.
- Music
- Eric Fenby
- Budget
- $200,436
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0031505