Director Alfred Hitchcock adapts a Daphine Du Murier novel for the silver screen. Great Black & White atmospheric tale of treachery in Cornwall circa 1800. Young Mary(Maureen O'Hara)seeks out her Aunt Patience(Marie Ney)after her parent's death. She finds shelter from a rainstorm in the home of Sir Humphrey Pengallan(Charles Laughton). Aunt Patience resides at Jamaica Inn, a hideout for a gang of smugglers, who lure ships to crash into the seaside rocks and loot the valuable goods. The bounty is taken to the Jamaica Inn where Aunt Patience's husband Joss(Leslie Banks)divvies up the take. Sir Humphrey will figure big in the dramatic finale. Other players include: Robert Newton, Wylie Watson and Edwin Greenwood.
Review of Jamaica Inn
