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Jamaica Inn / Cohen Media Group presents in conjunction with the BFI ; Renown Pictures Corporation Ltd presents ; Mayflower Pictures present ; a Pommer-Laughton production ; screen play by Sidney Gilliat & Joan Harrison ; dialogue, Sidney Gilliat ; additional dialogue, J.B. Priestley ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; produced by Erich Pommer.

LIBRA DVD 026 796 DVD + booklet
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director.
Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962, actor, film producer.
Pommer, Erich, 1889-1966, film producer.
Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984, screenwriter.
Gilliat, Sidney, screenwriter.
Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994, screenwriter.
O'Hara, Maureen, 1920-2015, actor.
Newton, Robert, 1905-1956, actor.
Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.
Fenby, Eric, 1906-1997, composer.
Cohen Media Group, publisher.
British Film Institute.
Renown Pictures Corporation, film production company.
Mayflower Pictures, film production company.
Series:
Cohen film collection
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989--Film adaptations.
Du Maurier, Daphne.
Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.
Taverns (Inns)--Drama.
Taverns (Inns).
Wreckers (Plunderers of ships)--Drama.
Wreckers (Plunderers of ships).
Gentry--Corrupt practices--Drama.
Gentry.
Corruption.
Genre:
Feature films.
Action and adventure films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Motion pictures, Great Britain.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([6] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
monochrome
Edition:
75th anniversary edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Cohen Media Group, [2015]
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; 2.0 Dolby Digital.
digital optical
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1
Summary:
"In this dark period drama, a young woman discovers her uncle heads a gang of ship-wreckers and murderers under the secret patronage of the local squire. ... . Her efforts to stop their wicked ways leads her down a path filled with murder and betrayal."--Container.
Participant:
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton.
Credits:
Directors of photography, Harry Stradling, Sr. and Bernard Knowles; editor, Robert Hamer; music, Eric Fenby.
Notes:
Based on Jamaica Inn / by Daphne Du Maurier.
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1939.
Special features; feature length audio commentary; 2014 re-release trailer; video essay by author Donald Spoto.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
ISBN:
141724352X
9781417243525
OCLC:
905922087
Publisher Number:
741952781899
CMG-DV-7818 Cohen Media Group

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