Jamaica Inn

May 11, 1939

1h 40m

★ 6.1

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 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.

Genres

Crime

Adventure

Thriller

Production Companies

Mayflower Pictures

Jamaica Inn Trailers

Cast

Sir Humphrey Pengallan

Charles Laughton

Mary Yellan

Maureen O'Hara

James "Jem" Trehearne

Robert Newton

Joss Merlyn

Leslie Banks

Patience Merlyn

Marie Ney

Chadwick

Horace Hodges

Harry

Emlyn Williams

Salvation

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