Jamaica Inn

1939 · 100 min · EN · NR · 6.1 (260 votes)

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · Starring Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Marie Ney, Horace Hodges · Music Eric Fenby

“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.”

CrimeAdventure

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.

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A dark, atmospheric tale of coastal peril. The sea looms large, a constant threat mirroring the human greed and betrayal lurking beneath the surface. It's a chilling descent into a world of smugglers and danger.

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