Jamaica Inn

1939 · TMDB 6.1

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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.

Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara Robert Newton Leslie Banks Marie Ney Horace Hodges Emlyn Williams Wylie Watson Mervyn Johns Hay Petrie Edwin Greenwood Stephen Haggard

Director · Alfred Hitchcock Producer · Charles Laughton Producer · Erich Pommer Writer · Sidney Gilliat Writer · Joan Harrison Cinematography · Harry Stradling Sr. Cinematography · Bernard Knowles Composer · Eric Fenby Editor · Robert Hamer

Runtime: 100 min
Released: 1939-05-11
Studio: Mayflower Pictures
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
TMDB score: 6.1

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Tim Laws

2024-06-11

Dull but frankly, I've never particularly liked the story.