Jamaica Inn

Based On the book by Daphne du Maurier

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.

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Release date:

1939

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast:

Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Emlyn Williams, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton

Genre:

Crime, Romance, Drama, Pirate, Crime drama

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1939 in adaptations