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Jamaica Inn

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Jamaica Inn (1939)

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Reviews Counted:10

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Average Rating:5.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: A gripping adaptation of the Daphne Du Maurier novel, JAMAICA INN is the story of a teenage orphaned girl who goes to live with relatives on the Cornish Moors and finds herself involved in a... A gripping adaptation of the Daphne Du Maurier novel, JAMAICA INN is the story of a teenage orphaned girl who goes to live with relatives on the Cornish Moors and finds herself involved in a violent smuggling scheme. The Cornish seacoast and the moors is the background for Charles Laughton, a villainous squire who leads a pack of smugglers falsely luring boats to the area. The boats crash on the rocks, killing the passengers and allowing the smugglers to loot the cargo. An undercover investigator arrives from Lloyds of London to gather information on the truth behind the multiple shipwrecks, and O'Hara finds herself having to take a stance and help him from being hung by the evil pirates. [More]

Starring: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks

Starring: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Mervyn Jones, Herbert Lomas, Emlyn Williams, Edwin Greenwood

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Erich Pommer, Charles Laughton
Screenwriter: Sidney Gilliat, Joan Harrison, J.B. Priestley
Composer: Eric Fenby

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Fernando F. Croce

Couched in pure silent German gothic

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Dennis Schwartz

A hammy eye-rolling and eye-catching weird performance by Laughton, waddling madly around in Wellingtons and a high hat.

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Frank S. Nugent

Having set his own standards, Alfred Hitchcock must be judged by them; and, by them, his Jamaica Inn is merely journeyman melodrama.

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Steve Crum

Erratic effort by master Hitchcock.

comment Comment | Nov., 01 2004 08:33 PM

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John A. Nesbit

Considering the nature of the production, it's no wonder that Hitch never gets inside any of the characters

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