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Jamaica Inn / Mayflower Pictures ; a Pommer-Laughton production ; produced by Erich Pommer ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Sidney Gilliat, Joan Harrison.

Pommer, Erich, 1889-1966 (film producer.). Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 (film director.). Gilliat, Sidney, (screenwriter.). Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994 (screenwriter.). Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962 (actor.). O'Hara, Maureen, 1920-2015 (actor.). Newton, Robert, 1905-1956 (actor.). Banks, Leslie, 1890-1952 (actor.). Williams, Emlyn, 1905-1987 (actor.). Ney, Marie, 1895-1981 (actor.). Watson, Wylie, (actor.). Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Jamaica Inn. (Added Author). Mayflower Pictures, (production company.). Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Emlyn Williams, Marie Ney, Wylie Watson. (Cast).

Summary:

This is the last film Alfred Hitchcock made in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. The film is set in Cornwall in 1820 where an orphan, Mary, is sent to live with her aunt and uncle who own the Jamaica Inn. Mary discovers the inn is the base for pirates who lure ships to their doom on the rocky coast.

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  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Content descriptions

General Note:
This is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players.
"Adapted from the novel by Daphne du Maurier."
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1939.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Photography, Harry Stradling in collaboration with Bernard Knowles.
Participant or Performer Note:
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Emlyn Williams, Marie Ney, Wylie Watson.
System Details Note:
DVD-R.

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