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Jamaica Inn

  • 1939
  • Approved
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
12K
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Charles Laughton in Jamaica Inn (1939)
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In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.

  • Director
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • Daphne Du Maurier
    • Sidney Gilliat
    • Joan Harrison
  • Stars
    • Maureen O'Hara
    • Robert Newton
    • Charles Laughton
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • Daphne Du Maurier
      • Sidney Gilliat
      • Joan Harrison
    • Stars
      • Maureen O'Hara
      • Robert Newton
      • Charles Laughton
    • 134User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

    • Videos1

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    Trailer 1:28
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    Maureen O'Hara
    Maureen O'Hara
    • Mary Yellan
    Robert Newton
    Robert Newton
    • Jem Trehearne - Sir Humphrey's Gang
    Charles Laughton
    Charles Laughton
    • Sir Humphrey Pengallan
    Horace Hodges
    • Chadwick - Sir Humphrey's Butler
    Hay Petrie
    Hay Petrie
    • Sam - Sir Humphrey's Groom
    Frederick Piper
    • Davis - Sir Humphrey's Agent
    Herbert Lomas
    Herbert Lomas
    • Dowland - Sir Humphrey's Tenant
    Clare Greet
    Clare Greet
    • Granny Tremarney - Sir Humphrey's Tenant
    William Devlin
    • Burdkin - Sir Humphrey's Tenant
    Jeanne De Casalis
    Jeanne De Casalis
    • Sir Humphrey's Friend
    • (as Jeanne de Casalis)
    Mabel Terry-Lewis
    Mabel Terry-Lewis
    • Lady Beston - Sir Humphrey's Friend
    • (as Mabel Terry Lewis)
    A. Bromley Davenport
    • Ringwood - Sir Humphrey's Friend
    • (as Bromley Davenport)
    George Curzon
    George Curzon
    • Captain Murray - Sir Humphrey's Friend
    Basil Radford
    Basil Radford
    • Lord George - Sir Humphrey's Friend
    Leslie Banks
    Leslie Banks
    • Joss Merlyn
    Marie Ney
    Marie Ney
    • Patience Merlyn
    Emlyn Williams
    Emlyn Williams
    • Harry the Peddler - Sir Humphrey's Gang
    Wylie Watson
    Wylie Watson
    • Salvation Watkins - Sir Humphrey's Gang
    • Director
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • Daphne Du Maurier
      • Sidney Gilliat
      • Joan Harrison
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      This was reportedly one of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's unhappiest directing jobs. He felt caught between Charles Laughton and Laughton's business partners. Later, he said that he did not so much direct this movie as referee it.
    • Goofs
      Toward the end of the film as the ship is heading for the rocks, someone yells "Hard a port!" The helmsman then turns the wheel to starboard and then the ship is seen moving to starboard.
    • Quotes

      [first title card]

      Title Card: "Oh Lord, we pray thee ~~ not that wrecks should happen ~~ but that if they do happen / Thou wilt guide them ~~ to the coast of Cornwall ~~ for the benefit of the poor inhabitants."

      Title Card: So ran an old Cornish prayer of the early nineteenth century, but in that lawless corner of England, before the British Coastguard Service came into being...

      Title Card: ...there existed gangs who, for the sake of plunder deliberately planned the wrecks, luring ships to their doom on the cruel rocks of the wild Cornish coast.

    • Crazy credits
      [Prologue] "Oh Lord, we pray thee -- not that wrecks should happen -- but that if they do happen Thou wilt guide them -- to the coast of Cornwall -- for the benefit of the poor inhabitants." So ran an old Cornish prayer of the early nineteenth century, but in that lawless corner of England, before the British Coastguard Service came into being . . . . . . . . . . there exited gangs who, for the sake of plunder deliberately planned the wrecks, luring ships to their doom on the cruel rocks of the wild Cornish coast.
    • Alternate versions
      There are about eight minutes of footage missing from various unauthorized US DVDs of Jamaica Inn. This is due to them being bootlegged from old, worn copies of edited US theatrical release prints. The missing footage should appear at the end of chapter 14 (approx 00:51:55). As Jem and Sir H leave the room, the DVD cuts to Mary, Patience and Joss at Jamaica Inn. There's now no explanation as to how Mary returned there, or why Sir H and Jem (now dressed in a military uniform) are banging on the door outside. These bootleg DVDs are known to have footage missing:
      • R0 Laserlight Video/Delta Entertainment (USA, 2000)
      • R0 Westlake Entertainment Group (USA, 2004)
      • R0 Diamond Entertainment (Alfred Hitchcock: Collector's Edition Volume 1, USA, 2003) These authorized DVDs are known to have the footage intact:
      • R0 Kino Video/Image Entertainment (USA, 1999)
      • R2 Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd (UK, 2003) All other authorized releases also have the complete UK version, as per the Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide.
    • Connections
      Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)

    User reviews134

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    8/10

    Spine-tingling Thriller!

    Charles Laughton was brilliant as Sir Humphrey Pengallon, a local Cornish squire and Lord of the manor. He led a double life where he is respectable and admired while he is the local mob leader for a gang of local pirates led by Joss who lives with his wife Patience at the Jamaica Inn with a notorious reputation. When Mary, Patience's Irish niece, comes to live with them in Maureen O'Hara's film debut. She is brilliant as Mary. Actually the entire cast is first rate especially Charles Laughton in a masterful performance of such a diabolical character. Marie Ney is perfect as Joss's loving wife. You can see how Alfred Hitchcock's film career evolved from the silents and over the decades. His Jamaica Inn is an absolute classic!
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    • Aug 31, 2013
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    • Release date
      • October 13, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Zoneify
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Riff-Piraten
    • Filming locations
      • Jamaica Inn, Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK(Exterior)
    • Production companies
      • Renown Pictures Corporation
      • Mayflower Pictures Corporation
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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