Alfred Hitchcocks Jamaica Inn (1939), adapted from Daphne du Mauriers novel, stars Charles Laughton and Maureen OHara in a tale of smuggling and murder on the windswept Cornish coast. With gothic atmosphere, shipwreck plots, and Laughtons larger-than-life villain, it stands as a dark period thriller and a precursor to Hitchcocks Hollywood career.

Arrow Films

Alfred Hitchcock turned to the work of Daphne Du Maurier a number of times throughout his career. When he made the move to Hollywood, he adapted her novel Rebecca, the end results securing the Academy Award for Best Picture. When he needed to follow up the groundbreaking horror of Psycho, he adapted her short story The Birds and created another milestone of the genre. But before these came Jamaica Inn, based on Du Mauriers classic tale of wreckers in 19th century Cornwall.

Recently orphaned Mary Yellan (Maureen OHara in her first major film role) arrives at Jamaica Inn from Ireland to live with her aunt. Unaware that it serves as the headquarters for a murderous gang responsible for shipwrecks along the Cornish coast, she soon finds herself embroiled in backstabbing, conspiracy and villainy presided over by the local squire, Sir Humphrey Pengallan (Charles Laughton).

Though dominated by Laughtons wonderfully flamboyant performance, Jamaica Inn also finds room for a rogues gallery of British character actors including Robert Newton (David Leans Oliver Twist), Basil Radford (The Lady Vanishes), Leslie Banks (The Most Dangerous Game) and Mervyn Johns (Dead of Night). It also stands out as one of the most atmospheric of Hitchcocks British films as well as one of his most unfairly neglected works.

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In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers shes living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.

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