Jamaica Inn (1939)

Jamaica Inn (1939)

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. 1939-05-11 United Kingdom 100 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Charles Laughton is Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Maureen O'Hara is Mary Yellan
Mary Yellan
Robert Newton is James
James "Jem" Trehearne
Leslie Banks is Joss Merlyn
Joss Merlyn
Marie Ney is Patience Merlyn
Patience Merlyn
Horace Hodges is Chadwick
Chadwick
Emlyn Williams is Harry
Harry
Wylie Watson is Salvation
Salvation
Mervyn Johns is Thomas
Thomas
Hay Petrie is Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam
Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam
Edwin Greenwood is Dandy
Dandy
Stephen Haggard is Willie
Willie

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