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Jamaica Inn

  • 19391939
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
10K
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Jamaica Inn (1939)
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  • Adventure
  • Crime
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.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
10K
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  • Director
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • Sidney Gilliat(screen play)
    • Joan Harrison(screen play)
    • J.B. Priestley(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Maureen O'Hara
    • Robert Newton
    • Charles Laughton
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • Sidney Gilliat(screen play)
    • Joan Harrison(screen play)
    • J.B. Priestley(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Maureen O'Hara
    • Robert Newton
    • Charles Laughton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 118User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Videos1

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:28
    Official Trailer

    Photos63

    Leslie Banks and Wylie Watson in Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Charles Laughton, Robert Newton, and Marie Ney in Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Maureen O'Hara and Robert Newton in Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Stephen Haggard in Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Maureen O'Hara, Leslie Banks, and Marie Ney in Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Charles Laughton and Robert Newton in Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Jamaica Inn (1939)
    Jamaica Inn (1939)

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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
    • 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
    • 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
      • Sidney Gilliat(screen play) (dialogue)
      • Joan Harrison(screen play)
      • J.B. Priestley(additional dialogue)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This was reportedly one of 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
      After Trehearne and Mary escape from the villains by swimming out to their boat, they wind up seeking refuge at Pengallan's home. While still in his soaking clothes, Trehearne pulls a dry folded piece of paper from his pocket.
    • Quotes

      Coachman: I don't like it. I don't like it at all. That place gives me the creeps. That place - Jamaica Inn. It's got a bad name. It's not healthy, that's why. There's queer things goes on there. Queer things.

    • 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 Spisok korabley (2008)

    User reviews118

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Rich cinematic flourishes and a realistic atmosphere on screen
    Even though it is one of the weakest works of Hitchcock, the film surprisingly provides rich cinematic flourishes. For a 1939 film, it captures on screen the atmosphere and dark mood of the novel quite vividly—the stormy scene, the cave, and the inn (with the name board flapping in the wind). It is another matter that the albino parson of the book is transformed into a squire (with an unbelievable eyebrow make-up) in the film who commands his steed to be brought inside his dining hall. Daphne du Maurier's novel was adapted for cinema by the trio of Sidney Gilliat, Joan Harrison and J.B. Priestley, and reportedly the author did not approve of the end-product.

    As in many Hitchcock films there is a recurring reference to marriage. Here a good woman remains faithful to her boorish and cruel husband through thick and thin.

    As in most Hitchcock films there is a lot of sexual innuendo without any sex on screen, especially when Pengallen (Charles Laughton) makes the young girl (Maureen O'Hara) his prisoner. (The only film where Hitchcock showed sex on screen was "Frenzy.") And as in many a Hitchcock film, a bad guy turns out to be a good guy. This is one of the rare films of Hitchcock where the director does not make a cameo appearance.

    The best cinematic flourishes were—-the focus on the thin hands of the 17 year old who cannot be shackled by the soldiers as the handcuffs are too big, the opening "prayer" that serves as a grim introduction and finally the last scene of the film: Chadwick, the squire's butler, who thinks he can hear his dead master calling him for help in death.
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    FAQ3

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 13, 1939 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Riff-Piraten
    • Filming locations
      • Jamaica Inn, Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Renown Pictures Corporation
      • Mayflower Pictures Corporation
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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