layout: post status: publish published: true title: “Hitch #25 - Jamaica Inn (1939)” imgurl: https://www.grange85.co.uk/swirling/images/hitch/jamaica-inn-publicity-photo.jpg author: display_name: Andy login: admin email: andy@grange85.co.uk author_login: admin author_email: andy@grange85.co.uk date: ‘2019-05-08’ categories:
Coming after two absolute gems in Young and Innocent and The Lady Vanishes it’s no wonder that it’s practically a forgotten Hitch - but it’s no whimper.
It has a fabulous cast:
The story is a great one, although it feels a bit rushed in places that makes some of the character’s actions seem a bit odd, and the sets and models are nicely convincing - the wreck model sequences are tense and exciting and the murderous wreckers are brilliantly evil.
If anything’s lacking it’s probably Hitch - this is a standard above-average British film of the 30’s - it doesn’t have any flashes that set it any higher.
It’s a great film - but only an average Hitch.