Jamaica Inn
The film is based on a novel by Daphne Du Maurier. It is about a young woman moving in with her aunt and uncovers his conspiracy which involves to murderers. She attempts to prevent him which leads to unexpected consequences.
22 May 1897, Basutoland, South Africa
28 October 1872, London, England, UK
6 February 1889, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
January 3, 1900 in San Francisco, California, USA
2 September 1870, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
29 October 1867, Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK
14 June 1871, Leicestershire, England, UK
11 November 1900, West Indies
March 25, 1870 in London, England, UK
21 March 1911, Guatemala City, Guatemala
27 August 1895, London, England, UK
16 July 1895, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK
17 January 1887, Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
23 September 1902, London, England, UK
8 August 1891, Patrick, Scotland, UK
19 December 1863, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK
17 December 1885, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, UK
18 July 1895, Chelsea, London, England, UK
18 October 1898, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
5 December 1911, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
1 June 1905, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, UK
4 December 1877, London, England, UK
17 August 1920, Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Ranelagh, Dublin, Republic of Ireland]
25 June 1897, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
18 February 1899, Pembroke, Wales, UK
26 November 1905, Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales, UK
1 July 1899, Victoria Hotel, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
9 June 1890, West Derby, England, UK
November 17, 2012
Mostly known as Hitchcock's last British fim before leaving for Hollywood, this period piece is weak, despite star performance from Charles Laughton.
March 20, 2012
Creaky, old-hat, and forgettable.
September 06, 2009
Couched in pure silent German gothic
March 09, 2015
This lurid story of violence and brutality is lavishly staged.
June 24, 2006
The result is weird, but not wonderful.
May 18, 2015
Jamaica Inn, while no classic, seems undeserving of its reputation as a failure.
March 25, 2006
Having set his own standards, Alfred Hitchcock must be judged by them; and, by them, his Jamaica Inn is merely journeyman melodrama.
March 20, 2012
By common consent, one of Alfred Hitchcock's poorest and least personal works, though it has some compensations.
January 18, 2013
Jamaica Inn is a fraud perpetrated with great names.
March 26, 2009
Superb direction, excellent casting, expressive playing and fine production offset an uneven screenplay to make Jamaica Inn a gripping version of the Daphne du Maurier novel.
May 18, 2015
It could have come across as strictly a work-for-hire gig, but it displays enough Hitchcockery to show he wasn't as disengaged from the material as he would later claim he was.
February 03, 2015
Laughton is compelling from the first instant: His Pengallan is at least five of the seven deadly sins rolled into one, a cheerfully loathsome creature with wide-set eyebrows and a multitude of chins ...
