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Film Description
Hitchcock's parting shot before leaving for Hollywood is the least known of his three Daphne du Maurier screen adaptations. Laughton acted as co-producer as well as star and dominates the proceedings as the larger than life, unctuous squire Sir Humphrey Pengaltan. A classic gothic tale of Cornish skullduggery, smugglers and coming-of-age, with a then unknown Maureen O'Hara as the young heroine staying with her aunt at Jamaica Inn, which doubles as an HQ for a shady ring of pirates. Great fun.
Not Hitch's best but still very entertaining & rarely shown
Hitchcock's parting shot before leaving for Hollywood and greater fame is the least successful of ... more >
Not Hitch's best but still very entertaining & rarely shown
Hitchcock's parting shot before leaving for Hollywood and greater fame is the least successful of his three Daphne du Maurier screen adaptations (the other two, of course, are Rebecca, 1940 and The Birds, 1963).
A classic gothic tale of Cornish skullduggery, smugglers and coming-of-age drama, with a then very young and very beautiful Maureen O'Hara as the heroine staying with her aunt at Jamaica Inn, which doubles as an HQ for a shady ring of pirates.
Charles Laughton is wonderfully over the top as the wicked Squire Penhaligon; Hitch gave up trying to 'direct' the great man and simply allowed a fine actor to dominate proceedings, something he rarely (if ever) allowed again. Terrific entertainment and a real curio in the Hitchcock canon which is well worth a try if you have never seen it. < less
