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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."

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.

Top Cast

  • Charles Laughton

    Charles Laughton

    Sir Humphrey Pengallan

  • Maureen O'Hara

    Maureen O'Hara

    Mary Yellan

  • Robert Newton

    Robert Newton

    James "Jem" Trehearne

  • Leslie Banks

    Leslie Banks

    Joss Merlyn

  • Marie Ney

    Marie Ney

    Patience Merlyn

  • Horace Hodges

    Horace Hodges

    Chadwick

  • Emlyn Williams

    Emlyn Williams

    Harry

  • Wylie Watson

    Wylie Watson

    Salvation

  • Mervyn Johns

    Mervyn Johns

    Thomas

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.

Rating

6.1 / 10
245 Reviews
1 Popular

2 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 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 wife "Patience" (Marie Ney) as he is to any survivors after his men seek to drive ships onto the rocks and make off with the contraband - murdering as they go. His niece "Mary" (Maureen O'Hara) and under-cover customs man "Trehearne" (Robert Newton) discover the evil antics and complicities of both "Joss", his puppet-master and his accomplices and the film now tells the tale of their own death-defying actions trying to bring all to justice. Alfred Hitchcock has much to work with here, the photography is effective and the star is exactly that.

  • tmcd77
    tmcd77
    2 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.

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