---
title: 'Jamaica Inn (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jamaica-inn-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031505/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jamaica Inn (1939)

1939 · 95 min · Drama, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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. It stars Charles Laughton 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.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton), [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [Daphne du Maurier](https://cinepixo.com/people/daphne-du-maurier), [Joan Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-harrison), [Sidney Gilliat](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-gilliat)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eric Fenby](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-fenby)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling), [Bernard Knowles](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-knowles)
- **Editor:** [Robert Hamer](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-hamer)

## Cast

- [Aubrey Mather](https://cinepixo.com/people/aubrey-mather)
- [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton)
- [Leslie Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-banks)
- [Mervyn Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-johns)
- [Basil Radford](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-radford)
- [Robert Newton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-newton)
- [Marie Ault](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-ault)
- [Emlyn Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/emlyn-williams)
- [Frederick Piper](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-piper)
- [John Longden](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-longden)
- [Maureen O'Hara](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-o-hara)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/jamaica-inn-1939
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