Jamaica Inn

1939 film by Alfred Hitchcock
Movie film Q497005
Jamaica Inn
Mayflower Pictures · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Jamaica Inn

Summary

Jamaica Inn is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (359 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jamaica Inn's image is recorded as Laughton Hitchcock.jpg[3].
  • Jamaica Inn's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Jamaica Inn's director is recorded as Alfred Hitchcock[5].
  • Jamaica Inn's screenwriter is recorded as Sidney Gilliat[6].
  • Jamaica Inn's screenwriter is recorded as Joan Harrison[7].
  • Jamaica Inn's screenwriter is recorded as Daphne du Maurier[8].
  • Jamaica Inn's composer is recorded as Eric Fenby[9].
  • Jamaica Inn's genre is recorded as crime film[10].
  • Jamaica Inn's genre is recorded as romance film[11].
  • Jamaica Inn's genre is recorded as drama film[12].
  • Jamaica Inn's genre is recorded as pirate film[13].
  • Jamaica Inn's genre is recorded as crime drama film[14].
  • Jamaica Inn's genre is recorded as adventure film[15].
  • Jamaica Inn's genre is recorded as crime thriller film[16].
  • Jamaica Inn's genre is recorded as thriller film[17].
  • Jamaica Inn's based on is recorded as Jamaica Inn[18].
  • Jamaica Inn's cast member is recorded as Charles Laughton[19].
  • Jamaica Inn's cast member is recorded as Maureen O'Hara[20].
  • Jamaica Inn's cast member is recorded as Emlyn Williams[21].
  • Jamaica Inn's cast member is recorded as Leslie Banks[22].
  • Jamaica Inn's cast member is recorded as Robert Newton[23].
  • Jamaica Inn's cast member is recorded as Basil Radford[24].
  • Jamaica Inn's cast member is recorded as Aubrey Mather[25].
  • Jamaica Inn's cast member is recorded as John Longden[26].
  • Jamaica Inn's cast member is recorded as Mervyn Johns[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Erich Pommer[28] and Charles Laughton[29]. Jamaica Inn's director is recorded as Alfred Hitchcock[5]. Screenwriters include Sidney Gilliat[6], Joan Harrison[7], and Daphne du Maurier[8]. Cast members include Charles Laughton[19], Maureen O'Hara[20], Emlyn Williams[21], Leslie Banks[22], Robert Newton[23], and Basil Radford[24].

Publication

Publication dates include +1939-01-01T00:00:00Z[30], +1939-05-12T00:00:00Z[31], and +1939-10-16T00:00:00Z[32]. Jamaica Inn's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[33]. Genres include crime film[10], romance film[11], drama film[12], pirate film[13], crime drama film[14], and adventure film[15].

Reception

Reviews include 5.7/10[34] and 52%[35].

Why It Matters

Jamaica Inn ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (359 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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