Jamaica Inn (film) pub on the edge of Bodmin Moor. The score was written by Eric Fenby. In 1819, Jamaica Inn is the headquarters of a gang of wreckers led by the innkeeper Joss Merlyn (Leslie Banks). The wreckers are responsible for a series of engineered shipwrecks in which they extinguish coastal warning beacons to cause ships to run aground on the rocky Cornish coast. They then kill the surviving sailors and steal the cargo from the wrecks. The beautiful young Irishwoman Mary Yellan (Maureen O'Hara) is travelling to Jamaica Inn in a carriage, but the driver is afraid to stop there and
Bedelia Du Maurier of "Rebecca" and "The Birds". The original intention was to cast an older actress, with Angela Lansbury the first choice for the part. When schedule conflict prevented from hiring Lansbury, Fuller decided on rewriting the character for a younger actress (Gillian Anderson); he explained: After the airing of the second episode of season two, in which Du Maurier outsmarts Lecter, Fuller tweeted: "Bedelia is the smartest character on the show". On the decision to extend Du Maurier's character in season 3, Fuller stated: "The cast and crew of "Hannibal" are positively giddy to be welcoming Gillian to season 3 as