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.
29 October 1867, Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK
1 June 1905, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, UK
January 3, 1900 in San Francisco, California, USA
4 December 1877, London, England, UK
2 September 1870, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
18 February 1899, Pembroke, Wales, UK
9 June 1890, West Derby, England, UK
8 August 1891, Patrick, Scotland, UK
6 February 1889, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
September 06, 2009
Couched in pure silent German gothic
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.
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 ...
March 09, 2015
This lurid story of violence and brutality is lavishly staged.
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.
January 18, 2013
Jamaica Inn is a fraud perpetrated with great names.
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.
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.
June 24, 2006
The result is weird, but not wonderful.
March 20, 2012
Creaky, old-hat, and forgettable.
May 18, 2015
Jamaica Inn, while no classic, seems undeserving of its reputation as a failure.
March 20, 2012
By common consent, one of Alfred Hitchcock's poorest and least personal works, though it has some compensations.
