Jamaica Inn
UK - 1939 - black and white
Written by: Sidney Gilliat Joan Harrison J.B. Priestley Alma Reville Based
upon the novel by: Cinematography by: Production
design by: Costume design by: Film editing by: Music
by: Produced by: |
Cast Charles Laughton (Humphrey Pengallan) Leslie Banks (Joss Merlyn) Emlyn Williams (Harry Pedlar) Robert Newton (Jim Trehearne) Marie Ney (Patience) Wylie Watson (Salvation) Maureen O'Hara (Mary Yelland) Horace Hodges (Chadwick) Hay Petrie (Groom) Frederick Piper (Broker) Morland Graham (Sydney) Edwin Greenwood (Dandy) Mervyn Johns (Thomas) Stephen Haggard (the boy) Herbert
Lomas |
The
movie is set is Cornwall where the young orphan, Mary, is
sent to live with Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss who are the landlords of Jamaica Inn. Judge Humphrey falls in love with the girl who refuses him. Mary soon realizes that her uncle's inn is the base of a gang of pirates who lure ships to their doom on the rocky coast. The girl now fears for her life and asks Humphrey for help but she finds out he is the head of the gang. The man kills Mary's aunt and drags the girl onto a ship. One of the pirates is an English agent who saves Mary while Humphrey jumps in the sea searching for an escape and finding death. |
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