Jamaica Inn
“He ruled Jamaica Inn...citadel of sin on the moors, curse-ridden, shunned, reviled. Enough sensations for a dozen pictures. Laughton at his most magnificent.”
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Synopsis
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.
Cast
Charles Laughton·Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Maureen O'Hara·Mary Yellan
Robert Newton·James "Jem" Trehearne
Leslie Banks·Joss Merlyn
Marie Ney·Patience Merlyn
Horace Hodges·Chadwick
Emlyn Williams·Harry
Wylie Watson·Salvation
Mervyn Johns·Thomas
Hay Petrie·Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam
Average shot length
7s per shot
Alfred Hitchcock's career average is 16.6s across 54 measured films —see the full picture.