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13 October 1939 (USA) morePlot:
In Cornwall, around 1800, a young woman discovers that she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit. full summary | full synopsisUser Comments:
...OK until you read the book moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Charles Laughton | ... | Sir Humphrey Pengallan |
 | Horace Hodges | ... | Chadwick - Sir Humphrey's Butler |
| Hay Petrie | ... | Sam - Sir Humphrey's Groom |
| Frederick Piper | ... | Davies - Sir Humphrey's Agent |
| Herbert Lomas | ... | Sir Humphrey's Tenant |
| Clare Greet | ... | Granny Tremarney - Sir Humphrey's Tenant |
| William Devlin | ... | Sir Humphrey's Tenant |
| Jeanne De Casalis | ... | Sir Humphrey's Friend (as Jeanne de Casalis) |
| 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 | ... | Captain Murray - Sir Humphrey's Friend |
| Basil Radford | ... | Lord George - Sir Humphrey's Friend |
| Leslie Banks | ... | Joss Merlyn |
| Marie Ney | ... | Aunt Patience Merlyn |
 | Maureen O'Hara | ... | Mary Yellen |
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108 min | USA:98 min | Canada:90 min (Ontario)Country:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)Certification:
Finland:K-12 (1995) | Finland:K-15 (2006) | Australia:G (TV rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:A (original rating) | France:U | USA:Approved (PCA #02483) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:UFilming Locations:
Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK moreFun Stuff
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Was reportedly one of Alfred Hitchcock's most unhappy directing jobs. He felt caught between Charles Laughton and Laughton's business partners. Later, he said that he did not so much direct the film as referee it. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: 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. moreMovie Connections:
References The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935) moreFAQ
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I was pleasantly surprised when I first saw Hitchcock's 'Jamaica Inn'. I had heard so many bad things about the movie and the fact that it seemed to have been made on the cheap and in a hurry so Hitch could do a runner to Hollywood. I really liked this movie - I thought the lovely Maureen O'Hara made a very spirited Mary Yellan and Leslie Banks was great as her hulking bully of an Uncle, Joss. While not as technically inventive as some of Hitchcock's other work before or since, I felt it was made with care and presented a realistic, gloomy atmosphere of doom with its endless night time scenes and constant soundtrack of howling winds and crashing waves.
And then I read the book...
Du Maurier's novel was so different as to bear no relation whatever to Hitchcock's film. The book was intense, gritty, dark and very moody. Mary Yellan was written almost as she is presented on screen with her sharp, Irish wits but Joss is a much more tortured, boorish animal than he is in the film. Also, the character played by Charles Laughton is absent in the book - or at least Laughton's incarnation is. The squire in the book is one of the good guys and features very little. The film of 'Jamaica Inn' may as well be called the Charles Laughton Show so as to give the actor every chance to overact.
See the film if you are a Hitchcock fan and enjoy it for what it is but if you've read and enjoyed the book, my advice would be to steer clear!