Jamaica Inn

Pros: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Story, Atmosphere

Cons: Not well enough known

The Bottom Line: A good early British Hitchcock that deviates from his usual modern style and goes into costume drama territory

Review: Jamaica Inn (1939) One of Alfred Hitchcock's British-era films and probably one of his least representative works, Jamaica Inn is from a Daphne du Maurier (Rebecca) story, adapted for the screen by Alfred Hitchcock, a journeyman ...

Pros: Laughton and very early Maureen O'Hara!

Cons: Obscure, and not representative of most of Hitchcock's filmography

The Bottom Line: I would recommend this flick for anyone who is learning about Alfred Hitchcock, one film at a time. For anyone else, it may be a chore to watch.

Review: Now what could Hitchcock have been thinking when he did THIS film, you wonder? It seems so out of place in the director's vast repertoire of suspense and mystery films. And it is odd, in fact so odd, that Hitch didn't include it in his "official"...