Jamaica Inn
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.
6.1(250) 1939-05-11 100 minCrimeAdventureThriller
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
ProducerErich Pommer
Original Music ComposerEric Fenby
ProducerCharles Laughton
ScreenplaySidney Gilliat
ScreenplayJoan Harrison
Cast & characters
Charles Laughton
as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Maureen O'Hara
as Mary Yellan
Robert Newton
as James "Jem" Trehearne
Leslie Banks
as Joss Merlyn
Marie Ney
as Patience Merlyn
Horace Hodges
as Chadwick
Emlyn Williams
as Harry
Wylie Watson
as Salvation
Mervyn Johns
as Thomas
Hay Petrie
as Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam
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Edwin Greenwood
as Dandy
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Stephen Haggard
as Willie
Morland Graham
as Sydney
Basil Radford
as Lord George
George Curzon
as Captain Murray
Jeanne De Casalis
as Sir Humphrey's Dinner Guest
A. Bromley Davenport
as Lord Ringwood
Mabel Terry-Lewis
as Lady Beston
Frederick Piper
as Davis
Herbert Lomas
as Dowland
Clare Greet
as Granny Tremarney
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William Devlin
as Burdkin
Aubrey Mather
as Coachman (uncredited)
Marie Ault
as Coach Passenger (uncredited)
