Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1939-05-11) |
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| Screen: | Daphne Du Maurier, Sidney Gilliat, Joan Harrison |
| Productions: | Mayflower Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 10921: Charles Laughton - Sir Humphrey Pengallan
- 70035: Maureen O'Hara - Mary Yellan
- 29520: Robert Newton - James "Jem" Trehearne
- 20502: Leslie Banks - Joss Merlyn
- 125512: Marie Ney - Patience Merlyn
- 552407: Horace Hodges - Chadwick
- 66884: Emlyn Williams - Harry
Crews
- 2636: Alfred Hitchcock - Director - Directing
- 552405: Eric Fenby - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 67: Erich Pommer - Producer - Production
- 10921: Charles Laughton - Producer - Production
- 70864: Robert Hamer - Editor - Editing
- 37468: Thomas N. Morahan - Set Decoration - Art
- 552406: Molly McArthur - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
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Reviews
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Review text:
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 c ....
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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.
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