Jamaica Kroen | Jamaica Inn |
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(ikke blevet opdateret)
Undertekst:
Dansk, Finsk, Norsk, Svensk
Billedeformat:
Widescreen (16:9)
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| Beskrivelse: [ Dansk Engelsk ]
Dette er Hitchcocks sidste film i hans britiske periode, før han tog til Hollywood og begyndte at arbejde for David O. Selznick.
Handlingen udspiller sig i Corwell, England i 1800-taller. En gruppe ubarmhjertige smuglere ledet af Sir Humprey Pengallan har specialiseret sig i at plyndre skibe efter de er kommet i havsnød, som gruppen forårsager ved at slukke for fyrtårne på land.
Den unge, smukke og forældreløse Mary ankommer til kroen Jamaica, for at bo hos sin onkel Joss og tante Patience, der ejer kroen. Mary aner ikke, at kroen er smuglernes tilholdssted og at hendes onkel Joss også er involveret.
I mellemtiden sender forsikringsselskabet Lloyd's og London deres dygtigste mand, Jem Trahearne, af sted for at undersøge de tilbagevendende skibsbrud.
Jem indlogerer sig på Jamaica Kroen og de smuglerne finder ud af hvem han er, prøver de at myrde ham. Men Mary redder ham og nu er smuglerne efter både Jem og Mary. Beskrivelse: [ Dansk Engelsk ]
Alfred Hitchcock turned to the work of Daphne Du Maurier a number of times throughout his career. When he made the move to Hollywood, he adapted her novel Rebecca, the end results securing the Academy Award for Best Picture. When he needed to follow up the groundbreaking horror of Psycho, he adapted her short story The Birds and created another milestone of the genre. But before these came Jamaica Inn, based on Du Maurier s classic tale of wreckers in 19th century Cornwall.
Recently orphaned Mary Yellan (Maureen O Hara in her first major film role) arrives at Jamaica Inn from Ireland to live with her aunt. Unaware that it serves as the headquarters for a murderous gang responsible for shipwrecks along the Cornish coast, she soon finds herself embroiled in backstabbing, conspiracy and villainy presided over by the local squire, Sir Humphrey Pengallan (Charles Laughton).
Though dominated by Laughton s wonderfully flamboyant performance, Jamaica Inn also finds room for a rogue s gallery of British character actors including Robert Newton (David Lean s Oliver Twist), Basil Radford (The Lady Vanishes), Leslie Banks (The Most Dangerous Game) and Mervyn Johns (Dead of Night). It also stands out as one of the most atmospheric of Hitchcock s British films as well as one of his most unfairly neglected works. |
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| Instruktør:
Alfred Hitchcock
Skuespillere:
A. Bromley Davenport
Alan Lewis
Archie Harradine
Basil Radford
Charles Laughton
Clare Greet
Edwin Greenwood
Emlyn Williams
Frederick Piper
George Curzon
Harry Lane
Hay Petrie
Herbert Lomas
Horace Hodges
Jeanne De Casalis
Leslie Banks
Mabel Terry-Lewis
Marie Ault
Marie Ney
Mary Jerrold
Maureen O'Hara
Mervyn Johns
Morland Graham
O.B. Clarence
Robert Adair
Robert Newton
Sam Lee
Stephen Haggard
William Devlin
William Fazan
Wylie Watson
Producent:
Charles Laughton
Erich Pommer
Forfatter:
Alma Reville
Daphne Du Maurier
J.B. Priestley
Joan Harrison
Sidney Gilliat
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Tilladt fra 15 år.
