Jamaica Inn
The film is based on a novel by Daphne Du Maurier. It is about a young woman moving in with her aunt and uncovers his conspiracy which involves to murderers. She attempts to prevent him which leads to unexpected consequences.
17 January 1887, Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
18 July 1895, Chelsea, London, England, UK
5 December 1911, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
18 February 1899, Pembroke, Wales, UK
17 August 1920, Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Ranelagh, Dublin, Republic of Ireland]
28 October 1872, London, England, UK
23 September 1902, London, England, UK
6 February 1889, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
19 December 1863, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK
26 November 1905, Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales, UK
18 October 1898, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
2 September 1870, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
May 18, 2015
Jamaica Inn, while no classic, seems undeserving of its reputation as a failure.
January 18, 2013
Jamaica Inn is a fraud perpetrated with great names.
March 26, 2009
Superb direction, excellent casting, expressive playing and fine production offset an uneven screenplay to make Jamaica Inn a gripping version of the Daphne du Maurier novel.
March 20, 2012
Creaky, old-hat, and forgettable.
March 25, 2006
Having set his own standards, Alfred Hitchcock must be judged by them; and, by them, his Jamaica Inn is merely journeyman melodrama.
March 20, 2012
By common consent, one of Alfred Hitchcock's poorest and least personal works, though it has some compensations.
May 18, 2015
It could have come across as strictly a work-for-hire gig, but it displays enough Hitchcockery to show he wasn't as disengaged from the material as he would later claim he was.
June 24, 2006
The result is weird, but not wonderful.
March 09, 2015
This lurid story of violence and brutality is lavishly staged.
September 06, 2009
Couched in pure silent German gothic
February 03, 2015
Laughton is compelling from the first instant: His Pengallan is at least five of the seven deadly sins rolled into one, a cheerfully loathsome creature with wide-set eyebrows and a multitude of chins ...
November 17, 2012
Mostly known as Hitchcock's last British fim before leaving for Hollywood, this period piece is weak, despite star performance from Charles Laughton.
