Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn
by Alfred Hitchcock
List Price:
Our Price: $17.49
You Save: $12.46 (42%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $9.99 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Charles Laughton, Hay Petrie, Horace Hodges, Maureen O'Hara, Robert NewtonDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
Brand: Kino International
Producer: Charles Laughton
Producer: Erich Pommer
Writer: Alma Reville
Writer: Daphne Du Maurier
Writer: J.B. Priestley
Writer: Joan Harrison
Writer: Sidney Gilliat
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 1052
Studio: Kino Video
Product features:
- JAMAICA INN (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn
Movie Review: Hitchcoock in fine form. Tense and moving, fine action sequences..
Summary: 5 Stars
Jamaica Inn of the title is a notorious hovel in Cornwall that in 1815 harbors a ruthless band of cutthroats, who lure ships onto the rocky Cornish coast to shipwreck and plunder them. Ruthless indeed, as they leave no survivors, killing them in cold blood. Into this den of horror steps innocent Maureen O'Hara, in her first role, and once she discovers the truth her life is in peril. Add in a courageous young lawman, the sleazy and quite mad mastermind villain, played to extravagant perfection by Charles Laughton, and you've got a fine and combustible mix of characters.
Then put them all in mortal danger, tighten it up so there's never a moment to lose, and you've got classic Hitchcock doing what he was so rightly famous for. Easily one of the best movies of its era, its star is dimmed today only by the sadly deteriorated print. Don't let that stop you, though. The picture and sound are quite adequate, albeit grainy, and once the ship gets sailing, so to speak, you're on board and on the edge of your seat. The characters are fully developed, to the point you find yourself hoping against hope that one or another will come out all right, and the villains are effortlessly evil enough that you despise them. No cardboard cartoon cutouts here.
A fine, fine movie, with acting and directing way ahead of its time. Special effects, as in ships getting wrecked, are of the day, but in truth are no less unrealistic than a lot of the ham-handed computer animation that abounds currently.
This is a masterful film by the master of suspense, faithfully following a brilliant novel. Highly recommended.
Tom B
Summary of Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn
JAMAICA INN - DVD MovieSimilar DVD Movies
NotoriousSony; Release date: 2008-10-14; DVD
Best price: $7.13
Price in other shops:
Mr. & Mrs. SmithTURNER HM ENTERTAINM; Release date: 2004-09-07; DVD
Best price: $7.69
Price in other shops:
The Trouble with HarryNBC Universal; Release date: 2006-06-20; DVD
Best price: $9.59
Price in other shops:
SaboteurNBC Universal; Release date: 2006-06-20; DVD
Best price: $6.94
Price in other shops:
The 39 StepsRelease date: 2011-03-29; DVD
Best price: $5.74
Price in other shops:
Lifeboat (Special Edition)Fox; Release date: 2005-10-18; DVD
Best price: $6.13
Price in other shops:
Alfred Hitchcock's Under CapricornImage Entertainment; Release date: 2003-06-17; DVD
Best price: $13.84
Price in other shops:
Stage FrightWarner Brothers; Release date: 2004-09-07; DVD
Best price: $10.59
Price in other shops:
Secret AgentRelease date: 2003-01-01; DVD
Best price: $0.33
Price in other shops:
RebeccaSony; Release date: 2008-10-14; Published: 2008-10-01; DVD
Best price: $6.03
Price in other shops: