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.”
1939•NR•1h 40m•6.1•Released
CrimeAdventure
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.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Writer
Sidney Gilliat, Joan Harrison
Budget
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
Mayflower Pictures
Cast
Charles Laughton
Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Maureen O'Hara
Mary Yellan
Robert Newton
James "Jem" Trehearne
Leslie Banks
Joss Merlyn
Marie Ney
Patience Merlyn
Horace Hodges
Chadwick
Emlyn Williams
Harry
Wylie Watson
Salvation
Mervyn Johns
Thomas
Hay Petrie
Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam
Edwin Greenwood
Dandy
Stephen Haggard
Willie
Morland Graham
Sydney
Basil Radford
Lord George
George Curzon
Captain Murray
Production
Company
Mayflower Pictures
Producer
Erich Pommer
Producer
Charles Laughton
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