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Jamaica Inn

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Jamaica Inn
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NR,1hr 38min
Genres:
Action,Drama,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1939
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Distributor:
Delta
Starring:
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Hay Petrie  ...more
Synopsis: Alfred Hitchcock directed this disappointing misfire, memorable solely for the fact is that it is the final film from Hitchcock's early British period before he left for the Hollywood studio system and David O. Selznick. In the England of the 1800s, a group of ruthless smugglers, led by Sir Humphrey Pengallon (Charles Laughton), prey on ships by blacking out warning signals. When the ships crash on the rocks, the nefarious group loots the remains and kills the sailors. The plot kicks in when the ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Jamaica Inn is definitely lesser Alfred Hitchcock, but it's not the terrible film it's often assumed to be. True, it suffers considerably from the fact that star Charles Laughton was also the producer, interfering mightily with Hitchcock and not allowing the director the free hand he needed to salvage what was admittedly a rather dull script. In spite of this, however, there are a number of Hitchcockian ... Full Review
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Charles Laughton
Sir Humphrey Pengallan
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