Movie

Jamaica Inn

Released: May 11, 1939 (1939)

Runtime: 100 minutes

Genres: Crime, Adventure, Thriller

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Horace Hodges as Chadwick
Age at release: 73
Wylie Watson as Salvation
Age at release: 50
Leslie Banks as Joss Merlyn
Age at release: 48
Marie Ney as Patience Merlyn
Age at release: 43
Hay Petrie as Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam
Age at release: 43
Mervyn Johns as Thomas
Age at release: 40
Charles Laughton as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Age at release: 39
Robert Newton as James "Jem" Trehearne
Age at release: 33
Emlyn Williams as Harry
Age at release: 33
Maureen O'Hara as Mary Yellan
Age at release: 18

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A. Bromley Davenport as Lord Ringwood
Age at release: 71
O.B. Clarence as Coach Passenger (uncredited)
Age at release: 69
Marie Ault as Coach Passenger (uncredited)
Age at release: 68
Clare Greet as Granny Tremarney
Age at release: 67
Mabel Terry-Lewis as Lady Beston
Age at release: 66
Mary Jerrold as Miss Black (uncredited)
Age at release: 61
Aubrey Mather as Coachman (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
Herbert Lomas as Dowland
Age at release: 52
Morland Graham as Sydney
Age at release: 47
Basil Radford as Lord George
Age at release: 41
Jeanne De Casalis as Sir Humphrey's Dinner Guest
Age at release: 41
George Curzon as Captain Murray
Age at release: 40
Robert Adair as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
John Longden as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Age at release: 38
Frederick Piper as Davis
Age at release: 36
Harry Lane as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 29
Stephen Haggard as Willie
Age at release: 28
William Devlin as Burdkin
Age at release: 27
William Fazan as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Archie Harradine as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown