along the coast of cornwall and duplicitous charles laughton ( a sir humphrey pengallan ) help bud romantic twosome maureen ohara ( a mary ) and robert newton ( a jem trehearne ) fight smuggle pirate . everyone come to the conveniently shore situate jamaica inn and where leader leslie bank ( a josh merlyn ) and his gang hang out . alfred hitchcock direct this old english costume drama and before take his work to hollywood . so and there be some understandably well directed moment while and and the coastal and cave scene be nicely do . however and jamaica inn be a poorly stag version of daphne du maurier novel . the actor and director make it mildly entertain while but and the story do not captivate . apparently and the cast have a contest involve outrageous eye make up and which mr. laughton obviously win ( by a hair ) . jamaica inn ( 5/15/39 ) alfred hitchcock ~ charles laughton and maureen ohara and robert newton and leslie bank .