Jamaica Inn poster

Jamaica Inn( 1939)

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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.

Overview

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Charles Laughton

      Sir Humphrey Pengallan

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      Maureen O'Hara

      Mary Yellan

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      Robert Newton

      James "Jem" Trehearne

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      Leslie Banks

      Joss Merlyn

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      Marie Ney

      Patience Merlyn

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      Horace Hodges

      Chadwick

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      Emlyn Williams

      Harry

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      Wylie Watson

      Salvation

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      Mervyn Johns

      Thomas

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      Hay Petrie

      Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam

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      Edwin Greenwood

      Dandy

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      Stephen Haggard

      Willie

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      Morland Graham

      Sydney

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      Basil Radford

      Lord George

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      George Curzon

      Captain Murray

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      Jeanne De Casalis

      Sir Humphrey's Dinner Guest

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      A. Bromley Davenport

      Lord Ringwood

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      Mabel Terry-Lewis

      Lady Beston

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      Frederick Piper

      Davis

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      Herbert Lomas

      Dowland

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      Clare Greet

      Granny Tremarney

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      William Devlin

      Burdkin

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      Aubrey Mather

      Coachman (uncredited)

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      Marie Ault

      Coach Passenger (uncredited)

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      O.B. Clarence

      Coach Passenger (uncredited)

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      Mary Jerrold

      Miss Black (uncredited)

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      John Longden

      Captain Johnson (uncredited)

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      Robert Adair

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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      William Fazan

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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      Archie Harradine

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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      Harry Lane

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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      Sam Lee

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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      Alan Lewis

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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      Philip Ray

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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      A. George Smith

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed 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...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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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