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Hitchcock's historical melodrama is a tense and atmospheric tale of thieves and cutthroats set on the rugged Cornish coast.Mary (Maureen O'Hara), an orphan girl, goes to live with her Uncle Joss (Leslie Banks), landlord of the Jamaica Inn. Working as a barmaid at the inn, Mary discovers that her uncle is the head of a gang of pirates who prey upon wrecked ships that founder in the heavy seas.When she realises that the gang lure ships to their doom in the first place, her life is put in danger.Jamaica Inn was Hitchcock's first adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier novel. He later made the renowned thrillers Rebecca and The Birds from her stories.
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