Jamaica Inn

About Jamaica Inn

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.

Jamaica Inn is a 1939 crime film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Released in May 1939, it runs 100 minutes.

Charles Laughton stars as Sir Humphrey Pengallan, Maureen O'Hara as Mary Yellan, Robert Newton as James "Jem" Trehearne, and Leslie Banks as Joss Merlyn. Written by Joan Harrison and Sidney Gilliat. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under pirate, sea, greed, and undercover agent. It streams on Artiflix, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, and IndieFlix in the United States.

Swiss Family Robinson, There Will Be Blood, and A Christmas Carol make useful companions to Jamaica Inn, all filed under 19th century and shipwreck. It scores 6.1 out of 10 from 260 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.