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CrimeAdventureThriller

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.

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.

Release Date : 1939-05-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Mayflower Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Charles Laughton

Character Name : Sir Humphrey Pengallan

Original Name : Charles Laughton

Gender : Male

Maureen O'Hara

Character Name : Mary Yellan

Original Name : Maureen O'Hara

Gender : Female

Robert Newton

Character Name : James "Jem" Trehearne

Original Name : Robert Newton

Gender : Male

Leslie Banks

Character Name : Joss Merlyn

Original Name : Leslie Banks

Gender : Male

Marie Ney

Character Name : Patience Merlyn

Original Name : Marie Ney

Gender : Female

Horace Hodges

Character Name : Chadwick

Original Name : Horace Hodges

Gender : Male

Emlyn Williams

Character Name : Harry

Original Name : Emlyn Williams

Gender : Male

Wylie Watson

Character Name : Salvation

Original Name : Wylie Watson

Gender : Male

Mervyn Johns

Character Name : Thomas

Original Name : Mervyn Johns

Gender : Male

Hay Petrie

Character Name : Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam

Original Name : Hay Petrie

Gender : Male

Edwin Greenwood

Character Name : Dandy

Original Name : Edwin Greenwood

Gender : Male

Stephen Haggard

Character Name : Willie

Original Name : Stephen Haggard

Gender : Male

Morland Graham

Character Name : Sydney

Original Name : Morland Graham

Gender : Male

Basil Radford

Character Name : Lord George

Original Name : Basil Radford

Gender : Male

George Curzon

Character Name : Captain Murray

Original Name : George Curzon

Gender : Male

Jeanne De Casalis

Character Name : Sir Humphrey's Dinner Guest

Original Name : Jeanne De Casalis

Gender : Female

A. Bromley Davenport

Character Name : Lord Ringwood

Original Name : A. Bromley Davenport

Gender : Male

Mabel Terry-Lewis

Character Name : Lady Beston

Original Name : Mabel Terry-Lewis

Gender : Female

Frederick Piper

Character Name : Davis

Original Name : Frederick Piper

Gender : Male

Herbert Lomas

Character Name : Dowland

Original Name : Herbert Lomas

Gender : Male

Clare Greet

Character Name : Granny Tremarney

Original Name : Clare Greet

Gender : Female

William Devlin

Character Name : Burdkin

Original Name : William Devlin

Gender : Male

Aubrey Mather

Character Name : Coachman (uncredited)

Original Name : Aubrey Mather

Gender : Male

Marie Ault

Character Name : Coach Passenger (uncredited)

Original Name : Marie Ault

Gender : Female

O.B. Clarence

Character Name : Coach Passenger (uncredited)

Original Name : O.B. Clarence

Gender : Male

Mary Jerrold

Character Name : Miss Black (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Jerrold

Gender : Female

John Longden

Character Name : Captain Johnson (uncredited)

Original Name : John Longden

Gender : Male

Robert Adair

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Adair

Gender : Male

William Fazan

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : William Fazan

Gender : Male

Archie Harradine

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Archie Harradine

Gender : Male

Harry Lane

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Lane

Gender : Male

Sam Lee

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Lee

Gender : Male

Alan Lewis

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Alan Lewis

Gender : Male

Philip Ray

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Philip Ray

Gender : Male

A. George Smith

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : A. George Smith

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-01

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 and make off with the contraband - murdering as they go. His niece "Mary" (Maureen O'Hara) and under-cover customs man "Trehearne" (Robert Newton) discover the evil antics and complicities of both "Joss", his puppet-master and his accomplices and the film now tells the tale of their own death-defying actions trying to bring all to justice. Alfred Hitchcock has much to work with here, the photography is effective and the star is exactly that.

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tmcd77

@tmcd77

2024-11-04

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.