Jamaica Inn (film) book "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time". Jamaica Inn (film) Jamaica Inn is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name, the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted (the others were her novel "Rebecca" and short story "The Birds"). It stars Charles Laughton and features Maureen O'Hara in her first major screen role. It is the last film Hitchcock made in the United Kingdom before he moved to the United States. The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1819; the
Du Maurier (cigarette) Du Maurier (cigarette) Du Maurier is a Canadian brand of cigarettes, produced by Imperial Tobacco Canada, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. The brand is named after Sir Gerald du Maurier, the noted British actor. The brand is also produced under license by the West Indian Tobacco Company in Trinidad and Tobago. The brand was launched in 1930 after the actor Sir Gerald du Maurier had made requests for ""a cigarette less irritating to his throat"", and because he had troubles with his taxes and lend his name to the creation of a cigarette brand, which he used to earn