A High Wind in Jamaica

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1hr 43min

Genre:

Action

Release:

1965

Director:

Alexander MacKendrick

Distributor:

20th Century Fox

Starring:

Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price ... More

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Richard Hughes, this drama takes an unusual look at both seafaring pirates and the true nature of children. The Thorntons, a British family living in Jamaica, decide to pull up stakes and sail back to England after Frederick Thornton (Nigel Davenport) and his wife (Isabel Dean) decide that life in the Caribbean is having a negative effect on her children's sense of order and discipline. While returning home, their ship is attacked by Capt. Chavez (Anthony Quinn), who along with ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review A High Wind in Jamaica is a curiosity. It doesn't quite work, either as a pirate flick or as an adaptation of the Richard Hughes novel that is its source, but it's odd enough that one likes it in spite of its failings. In truth, it would probably have been a much better (and certainly more consistent) movie if it had either been much more or much less faithful to the book. Had it kept nothing more ... Read Review

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	Anthony Quinn Capt. Chavez James Coburn Zac Dennis Price Mathias Lila Kedrova Rosa

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