Jamaica Inn – Golant Village Hall

After the death of her mother, young Mary (Maureen O’Hara) travels to the Cornish coast seeking her Aunt Patience (Marie Ney). Stranded on a windswept, isolated road, Mary meets Humphrey Pengallan (Charles Laughton), who kindly escorts her to the Jamaica Inn.

There, Mary meets her aunt and bullying uncle, Merlyn Joss (Leslie Banks) — who secretly leads a band of pirates that pilfers the goods from wrecked ships. Suspicious, Mary turns to Pengallan for help, only to discover another dark secret.

This 1939 thriller is directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s 1936 novel, Jamaica Inn.

Filming locations include the Jamaica Inn in Bolventor, on the edge of Bodmin Moor.

Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, Emlyn Williams, Wylie Watson
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate: PG

Doors 7pm, film 7.30pm

This event is part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film, a major UK-wide season celebrating cinema’s biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world, organised by the BFI and the Film Audience Network.

Brought to you with support of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery.