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.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20227/10
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.
Read the whole review on TMDB - tmcd77on TMDB · Nov 20242/10
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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Cast
- Charles LaughtonSir Humphrey Pengallan
- Maureen O'HaraMary Yellan
- Robert NewtonJames "Jem" Trehearne
- Leslie BanksJoss Merlyn
- Marie NeyPatience Merlyn
- Horace HodgesChadwick
- Emlyn WilliamsHarry
- Wylie WatsonSalvation
- Mervyn JohnsThomas
- Hay PetrieSir Humphrey's Groom Sam
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- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Sidney GilliatScreenplay
- Joan HarrisonScreenplay
- Daphne du MaurierNovel
- Bernard KnowlesDirector of Photography
- Harry Stradling Sr.Director of Photography
- Eric FenbyOriginal Music Composer
- Robert HamerEditor
- Erich PommerProducer
- Charles LaughtonProducer
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