Charles Laughton
Sir Humphrey Pe...
Tagline
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.
Overview
In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay
Sidney Gilliat
Screenplay
Joan Harrison
How To Watch
Box Office
Status
Released
Budget
$200,436.00
Revenue
-
Original Language
English
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Cast
Maureen O'Hara
Mary Yellan
Robert Newton
James "Jem" Tre...
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 ...
Edwin Greenwood
Dandy
Stephen Haggard
Willie
Morland Graham
Sydney
Basil Radford
Lord George
George Curzon
Captain Murray
Jeanne De Casali...
Sir Humphrey's ...
A. Bromley Daven...
Lord Ringwood
Mabel Terry-Lewi...
Lady Beston
Frederick Piper
Davis
Herbert Lomas
Dowland
Clare Greet
Granny Tremarne...
William Devlin
Burdkin
Aubrey Mather
Coachman (uncre...
Marie Ault
Coach Passenger...
O.B. Clarence
Coach Passenger...
Mary Jerrold
Miss Black (unc...
John Longden
Captain Johnson...
Robert Adair
Undetermined Ro...
William Fazan
Undetermined Ro...
Archie Harradine
Undetermined Ro...
Harry Lane
Undetermined Ro...
Sam Lee
Undetermined Ro...
Alan Lewis
Undetermined Ro...
Philip Ray
Undetermined Ro...
A. George Smith
Undetermined Ro...
Featured Reviews
Charles Laughton excels as local grandee "Sir Humphrey" in this super adaptation of Daphné du Maurier's book. The bleak photography and huge great waves help generate a sense of the menace of the evil ...Show More
Daphne du Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock, both of Rebecca fame, what could go wrong? Well, everything really. Dodgy cinematography, even for the time. Charles Laughton hamming it like Matt Lucas. Slow p ...Show More
