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Jamaica Inn
Adventure, Crime, Drama, History - 1939

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Rated:
PASSED
Runtime:
108 min
Release date:
11 May 1939
Country:
GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Having set his own standards, Alfred Hitchcock must be judged by them; and, by them, his Jamaica Inn is merely journeyman melodrama.
– Frank S. Nugent,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
rotten:
The result is weird, but not wonderful.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Superb direction, excellent casting, expressive playing and fine production offset an uneven screenplay to make Jamaica Inn a gripping version of the Daphne du Maurier novel.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
By common consent, one of Alfred Hitchcock's poorest and least personal works, though it has some compensations.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
20 Mar 2012
fresh:
Laughton is compelling from the first instant: His Pengallan is at least five of the seven deadly sins rolled into one, a cheerfully loathsome creature with wide-set eyebrows and a multitude of chins ...
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Village Voice,
3 Feb 2015
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