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Jamaica Run

1953 · 92 min

A sun-drenched tropical adventure with romantic sparks and a simmering land swindle, easy to watch but with a few tense underwater turns.

Tagline
This girl was worth fighting for ... battling a killer under the tropic sea ... or in the heart of the voodoo jungle !
Overview
Promoter William Montague wants to buy the estate owned by the Daceys, Mrs. Dacey and her daughter Ena and son Todd, in order to build a resort hotel. When they turn him down, he produces a couple of distant relatives, Janice and Robert Clayton, and sets about to prove that the estate rightfully belongs to them. The identity of the rightful heirs is thought to be buried in a sunken ship off of the Jamaican shore and the search begins, led by a schooner skipper, Patrick Fairlie, who is in love with Ena.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • love
  • family
  • justice
Places
  • small town
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama
Directed by
Lewis R. Foster
Written by
Lewis R. Foster
Starring
Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Patric Knowles, Kasey Rogers, Carroll McComas, Murray Matheson, Clarence Muse
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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