poster
Now Streaming on Hotstar

Now Streaming

Watch Now

Jamaica Inn (1939)

11/05/1939 (GB)Crime, Adventure, Thriller1h 48m
  • User
    Score
  • Play Trailer

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

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Charles Laughton

      Charles Laughton

      Sir Humphrey Pengallan

    2. Maureen O'Hara

      Maureen O'Hara

      Mary Yellan

    3. Robert Newton

      Robert Newton

      James "Jem" Trehearne

    4. Leslie Banks

      Leslie Banks

      Joss Merlyn

    5. Marie Ney

      Marie Ney

      Patience Merlyn

    6. Horace Hodges

      Horace Hodges

      Chadwick

    7. Emlyn Williams

      Emlyn Williams

      Harry

    8. Wylie Watson

      Wylie Watson

      Salvation

    9. Mervyn Johns

      Mervyn Johns

      Thomas

    Social

    • Reviews 2
    C

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jun 22, 2022

    Charles Laughton excels as local grandee "Sir Humphrey" in this super adaptation of Daphné du Maurier's book. The bleak photography and huge great waves help generate a sense of the menace of the evil Cornish wreckers. They are led by Leslie Banks's malevolent "Joss" who is just as cruel to his wife "Patience" (Marie Ney) as he is to any survivors after his men seek to drive ships onto the rocks and make off with the contraband - murdering as they go. His niece "Mary" (Maureen O'Hara) and under-cover customs man "Trehearne" (Robert Newton) discover the evil antics and complicities of both "Jos...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    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