The adventure thriller is one of three movies Hitchcock had adapted from plays written by Daphne du Maurier.
The adventure thriller is one of three movies Hitchcock had adapted from plays written by Daphne du Maurier. Of the three, “Jamaica Inn” is the worst rated. According to Jonathan Rosenbaum from Chicago Reader, “by common consent, one of Alfred Hitchcock’s poorest and least personal works.” The movie is about a young woman who is staying at a hotel owned by her uncle that serves as a base for a gang of criminals.