Set in 19th-century Cornwall, this tale of a young woman who visits her aunt, only to discover she's residing in a haven for throat-slashing pirates, is one of Hitchcock's... more
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Jamaica Inn [1939]
It's generally acknowledged that the Master of Suspense disliked costume dramas and
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Jamaica Inn--a rip-roaring melodrama drawn from a Daphne du Maurier pot-boiler, set in 1820s Cornwall--is about as costumed as they come. So what was he doing directing...
Jamaica Inn [1939]
It's generally acknowledged that the Master of Suspense disliked costume dramas andJamaica
... more
Inn--a rip-roaring melodrama drawn from a Daphne du Maurier pot-boiler, set in 1820s Cornwall--is about as costumed as they come. So what was he doing directing ...
Production Year: 2001 - Drama - Director: Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon, David Nutter, Tom Hanks, David Leland, David Frankel, Tony To - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over
Advantages: None I can think of Disadvantages: Dark, wooden and boring
To start, Jamaica Inn is my all time favourite book, however, the film is very disappointing. Yes, I know it was made in 1939 but Rebecca was made just a few years after and is a world apart. The film is very dark, the acting is wooden and seems to stray far and wide from the main story. There is, however, good visual effects - a ship wreck on the Cornish coast for example - which does seem to lift the film a little.
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Actor(s): Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, Emlyn Williams, Herbert Lomas, Edwin Greenwood, Mervyn Jones
Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock
Genre: Drama
Classification: Parental Guidance
Production Year: 1939
Colour: Black & White
Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: Set in old Cornwall this is all about smugglers, cut-throats and the looting of wrecked ships.
DVD Description
Set in 19th-century Cornwall, this tale of a young woman who visits her aunt, only to discover she's residing in a haven for throat-slashing pirates, is one of Hitchcock's lesser-known films. A period melodrama, the film features an excellent Maureen O'Hara in one of her earlier roles. JAMAICA INN is based on Daphne Du Maurier's famous novel of the same name.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): ITV DVD; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 07/07/2003
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 37115 05093
Editor: Robert Hamer
Barcode: 5037115050939
Music Director: Frederick Lewis
Screenwriter: Joan Harrison, Alma Reville, Robert Hamer, J.B. Priestley, Sidney Gilliat
Cinematographer: Bernard Knowles
Composer: Eric Fenby
Director of Photography: Harry Stradling, Bernard Knowles
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