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Jamaica Inn

(1939)

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| Film | United Kingdom | B&W | Adventure, Crime | 1h 48min |
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| Stars: Charles Laughton, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie | Director: Alfred Hitchcock

In old Cornwall, an orphan girl becomes involved with smugglers

Cast

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Charles Laughton
Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Horace Hodges
Chadwick โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Butler
Hay Petrie
Sam โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Groom
Frederick Piper
Davis โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Agent
Herbert Lomas
Dowland โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Tenant
Clare Greet
Granny Tremarney โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Tenant
William Devlin
Burdkin โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Tenant
Jeanne De Casalis
Sir Humphreyโ€™s Friend
Mabel Terry-Lewis
Lady Beston โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Friend
A Bromley Davenport
Ringwood โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Friend
George Curzon
Capt Murray โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Friend
British actor, Basil Radford, as Captain Paul Waggett in Whisky Galore! (1949)
Lord George โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Friend
Photo of British actor, Leslie Banks (1)
Joss Merlyn
Marie Ney
Patience Merlyn
Maureen Oโ€™Hara
Mary Yellan
Picturegoer Series publicity postcard for The Stars Look Down (1940) featuring Welsh actor, Emlyn Williams, number 1423 (1)
Harry the Peddler โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Gang
Wylie Watson
Salvation Watkins โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Gang
Morland Graham
Sea Lawyer Sydney โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Gang
Edwin Greenwood
Dandy โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Gang
Grimshaw (Mervyn Johns) wears a hat and bow tie in My Learned Friend (1943)
Thomas โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Gang
Stephen Haggard
Willie Penhale โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Gang
Robert Newton
Jem Trehearne โ€“ Sir Humphreyโ€™s Gang
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Reviews

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Stagey, stilted adventure story that never loses its studio feel or takes fire as a Hitchcock picture. The cast keeps it interesting. (Halliwellโ€™s)

Pictures

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Main title from Jamaica Inn (1939) (3)

Production

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Alfred Hitchcock
Director
Erich Pommer
Producer
Sidney Gilliat
Writer (screen play)
Joan Harrison
Writer (screen play)

Companies

(3)
Mayflower Pictures Corporation
Production company
Associated British Film Distributors (A.B.F.D.)
Distribution company
Pathรฉ Pictures Ltd.
Distribution company