Jamaica Inn (1939)

Movie Details

Original Title Jamaica Inn

Original Language EN

Budget $200,436

Status Released

Popularity 1.6

Cast

Charles Laughton

Sir Humphrey Pengallan

Popularity: 1.7

Maureen O'Hara

Mary Yellan

Popularity: 1.3

Robert Newton

James "Jem" Trehearne

Popularity: 3.5

Leslie Banks

Joss Merlyn

Popularity: 0.3

Marie Ney

Patience Merlyn

Popularity: 0.3

Horace Hodges

Chadwick

Popularity: 1.5

Emlyn Williams

Harry

Popularity: 1.0

Wylie Watson

Salvation

Popularity: 0.5

Mervyn Johns

Thomas

Popularity: 3.4

Hay Petrie

Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam

Popularity: 0.3

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Edwin Greenwood

Dandy

Popularity: 0.4

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Stephen Haggard

Willie

Popularity: 0.3

Key Crew

Editor Robert Hamer

Director Alfred Hitchcock

Producer Erich Pommer, Charles Laughton

Screenplay Joan Harrison, Sidney Gilliat

Production

Mayflower Pictures

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Keywords

sea based on novel or book smuggling (contraband) undercover agent kidnapping shipwreck greed cornwall, england black and white aristocrat multiple murder 19th century squire plunder cutthroat loyal wife

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jun 22, 2022

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 wif ... Read more

tmcd77 2/10

Nov 3, 2024

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.