Jamaica Inn
1939 film by Alfred Hitchcock · Released 1939
Jamaica Inn is a 1939 British adventure thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name. It is the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted (the others were her novel Rebecca and short story "The Birds"). It stars Charles Laughton (who also produced the film through his Mayflower Pictures) and Maureen O'Hara in her first major screen role. It is the last film Hitchcock made in the United Kingdom before he moved to the United States.
Cast ages at release (1939)
- Charles Laughton, as Sir Humphrey Pengallan: 39–40
- Maureen O'Hara, as Mary Yellen: 18–19
- Emlyn Williams, as Harry the Pedlar: 33–34
- Leslie Banks, as Joss Merlyn: 48–49
- Robert Newton, as James 'Jem' Trehearne: 33–34
- Basil Radford, as Lord George: 41–42
- Aubrey Mather, as Coachman: 53–54
- John Longden, as Captain Johnson: 38–39
- Mervyn Johns, as Thomas: 39–40
- Frederick Piper, as Agent: 36–37