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Jamaica Inn (1939)


Jamaica Inn
Release Dates:

May 15 1939 (UK)
October 11, 1939 (USA)

Written by:

Daphne Du Maurier (novel)
Sidney Gilliat (screenplay & dialog)
Joan Harrison (screenplay)
Alma Reville (continuity)
J.B. Priestley (additional diolog)

Starring:

Charles Laughton and
Maureen O'Hara

Original Score :

Eric Fenby

Cinematography:

Bernard Knowles & Harry Stradling

Edited by :

Robert Hamer

Running Time :

80 minutes

Filmed in :

Black and White

Studio(s) :

Paramount Pictures


Alfred Hitchcock's Cameo: There is no appearance by Hitchcock in this film.

Plot Summary:
Set in Cornwall where the young orphan, Mary, is sent to live with Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss who are the landlords of the Jamaica Inn. Mary soon realizes that her uncle's inn is the base of a gang of pirates who lure ships to their doom on the rocky coast. The girl starts fearing for her life.
courtesy of IMDb.com

Cast List:

Charles Laughton
Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Maureen O'Hara
Mary (Patience's niece)
Leslie Banks
Col. Burgoyne Chief Constable
Emlyn Williams
Joss Merlyn
Mary Clare
Harry (the peddler)
Robert Newton
James 'Jem' Trehearne
Marie Ney
Patience Merlyn (Joss' wife)
Wylie Watson
Salvation Watkins
Morland Graham
Sea Lawyer Sydney
Edwin Greenwood
Dandy
Mervyn Johns
Thomas
Stephen Haggard
The boy

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