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Jamaica Inn

1939 · 100 min

A moody, stagey Gothic thriller with a memorable villain and a brooding coastal atmosphere.

Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Genres
Crime, Adventure
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.

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Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Genres
Crime, Adventure
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • sea
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour3
Realism6
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
crime, adventure
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Written by
Joan Harrison, Sidney Gilliat
Starring
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Marie Ney, Horace Hodges, Emlyn Williams, Wylie Watson
Music
Eric Fenby
Cinematography
Bernard Knowles, Harry Stradling Sr.
Runtime
100 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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