Alfred Hitchcock Week - Jamaica Inn
Alfred Hitchcock Week continues here at iMovieCinema with our fourth featured film - Jamaica Inn, starring Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara and Emlyn Williams.
This 1939 film is an adaptation of Daphne DuMaurier’s novel, Jamaica Inn. Sydney Gilliat wrote the screenplay. The story is set in Cornwall, where a young Irish girl goes to live with her innkeeper uncle and aunt. The girl comes to the realization that a gang of smugglers/pirates is headquartered at the inn.
Steve Reeves in Hercules
The 1958 Italian film Hercules starred bodybuilder Steve Reeves as the argonaut Hercules and Sylvia Koscina as Iole, daughter of Pelias.
Hercules also stars Fabrizio Mioni in the role of Jason. The film was directed by Pietro Francisci.
Charles Laughton in Captain Kidd
Today’s movie list starts off with Captain Kidd (1945), starring Charles Laughton as the notorious Captain Kidd. The film was directed by Roland V. Lee, and produced by Benedict Bogeaus and James Nasser.
Also in the cast were Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine, Gilbert Roland, John Qualen, Sheldon Leonard, William Farnum, Henry Daniell, and Reginald Owen.
Enjoy the movie!
