Jamaica Inn
NR“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.”
1939·100 min·Released
Studio: Mayflower Pictures
6.1TMDb
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Theatrical May 11, 1939
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UK · English · Foreign
Overview
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.
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DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
WriterSidney Gilliat, Joan Harrison
Cast
Charles Laughton
Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Maureen O'Hara
Mary Yellan
Robert Newton
James "Jem" Trehearne
Leslie Banks
Joss Merlyn
Marie Ney
Patience Merlyn
Horace Hodges
Chadwick
Emlyn Williams
Harry
Wylie Watson
Salvation
Mervyn Johns
Thomas
Hay Petrie
Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam
Edwin Greenwood
Dandy
Stephen Haggard
Willie
Morland Graham
Sydney
Basil Radford
Lord George
George Curzon
Captain Murray
Jeanne De Casalis
Sir Humphrey's Dinner Guest
A. Bromley Davenport
Lord Ringwood
Mabel Terry-Lewis
Lady Beston
Frederick Piper
Davis
Herbert Lomas
Dowland
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Keywords
seabased on novel or booksmuggling (contraband)undercover agentkidnappingshipwreckgreedcornwall, englandpirateblack and whitearistocratmultiple murder19th centurysquireplundercutthroatloyal wife
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 3, 2026