Jamaica Inn (1939)

05/11/1939 (GB) • 1h 40m

Crime, Adventure, Thriller

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 arriving there to visit her aunt discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals that arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.

Top Billed Cast

Charles Laughton

Sir Humphrey Pengallan

Maureen O'Hara

Mary Yellan

Robert Newton

James "Jem" Trehearne

Leslie Banks

Joss Merlyn

Marie Ney

Patience Merlyn

Wylie Watson

Salvation


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$200,436.00

Revenue

-

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

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