A High Wind in Jamaica
Piracy and High Adventure on the High Seas!
6.3(46) 1965-05-01 103 minAdventureDrama
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
DirectorAlexander Mackendrick
ScreenplayStanley Mann
ScreenplayRonald Harwood
Original Music ComposerLarry Adler
ScreenplayDenis Cannan
ProducerJohn Croydon
Cast & characters
Anthony Quinn
as Chavez
James Coburn
as Zac
Deborah Baxter
as Emily Thornton
Gert Fröbe
as Dutch Captain
Dennis Price
as Mathias
Lila Kedrova
as Rosa
Nigel Davenport
as Mr. Thornton
Isabel Dean
as Alice Thornton
Kenneth J. Warren
as Capt. Marpole
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Ben Carruthers
as Alberto
Brian Phelan
as Curtis
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Trader Faulkner
as Pirate
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Charles Laurence
as Tallyman
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Charles Hyatt
as Pirate
Dan Jackson
as Pirate
Viviane Ventura
as Margaret Fernandez
Kenji Takaki
as Cook
Roberta Tovey
as Rachel Thornton
Martin Amis
as John Thornton
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Jeffrey Chandler
as Edward Thornton
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Karen Flack
as Laura Thornton
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Henry Beltran
as Harry Fernandez
Philip Madoc
as Guardia Civile
