Jamaica Inn1939
About
- Runtime
- 1 hour 40 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- 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.
- 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.
- Genres
- Crime, Adventure
- Released
- October 11, 1939
- Budget
- $200,436
- Production
- Mayflower Pictures
Credits
Directing
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Edward JosephAssistant Director
- Roy GoddardAssistant Director
Writing
- Sidney GilliatDialogue
- Daphne du MaurierNovel
- Joan HarrisonScreenplay
- Sidney GilliatScreenplay
Art
- Thomas N. MorahanSet Decoration
Camera
- Bernard KnowlesDirector of Photography
- Harry Stradling Sr.Director of Photography
- Gus DrisseCamera Operator
Costume & Make-Up
- Molly McArthurCostume Design
- Ern WestmoreMakeup Artist
Crew
- J. B. PriestleyAdditional Dialogue
- Bob SimmonsStunts
- J. Lee ThompsonDialogue Coach
- Harry WattSpecial Effects
Editing
- Robert HamerEditor
Production
- Erich PommerProducer
- Charles LaughtonProducer
- Hugh PercevalProduction Manager
Sound
- Eric FenbyOriginal Music Composer
- Jack RogersonSound Recordist
Visual Effects
- W. Percy DayMatte Painter
Trailers
Posters
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