Jamaica Inn

Starring: Charles Laughton & Maureen O'Hara Director: Alfred Hitchcock

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Item Number: SKDVD 730D

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Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 38 minutes
Video: Black & White
Released: July 20, 1999
Originally Released: 1939
Label: LaserLight
Encoding: Region 0; Can be played worldwide
Packaging: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
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Trailers: Bonus Clip - THE BIRDS
Introduction: Tony Curtis

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Starring		Charles Laughton & Maureen O'Hara
Directed by		Alfred Hitchcock

Description by OLDIES.com:

Alfred Hitchcock was a recognized legend in his own time. Among his wide range of skills was his ability to spot raw talent, especially in his earlier years. He took relative unknowns and gave them their first big breaks. That was precisely the case with Maureen O'Hara, who was cast in Jamaica Inn alongside the great English actor, Charles Laughton. In the movie, Maureen plays an Irish orphan girl (Mary) who lives on the rugged coast of Cornwall with her uncle. After several vessels smash on the deadly rocks, Mary begins to suspect it's more than accidental. By the time she realizes what's going on, she is a target for the marauding smugglers and highwaymen who are ravaging the area.

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Set in 19th-century Cornwall, this tale of a young woman who visits her aunt, only to discover she's residing in a haven for throat-slashing pirates, is one of Hitchcock's lesser-known films. A period melodrama, the film features an excellent Maureen O'Hara in one of her earlier roles. JAMAICA INN is based on Daphne Du Maurier's famous novel of the same name.

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A gripping adaptation of the Daphne Du Maurier novel, JAMAICA INN is the story of a teenage orphaned girl who goes to live with relatives on the Cornish Moors and finds herself involved in a violent smuggling scheme. The Cornish seacoast and the moors is the background for Charles Laughton, a villainous squire who leads a pack of smugglers falsely luring boats to the area. The boats crash on the rocks, killing the passengers and allowing the smugglers to loot the cargo. An undercover investigator arrives from Lloyds of London to gather information on the truth behind the multiple shipwrecks, and O'Hara finds herself having to take a stance and help him from being hung by the evil pirates.

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Theatrical release: May 1939.
JAMAICA INN was the fourth novel by Daphne du Maurier and her first best-seller.
The film was remade for television in 1985, starring Jane Seymour and Patrick McGoohan.

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OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 37,287
Item Number: SKDVD 730D
UPC: 018111997836
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