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Jamaica Inn
In this dark period drama, a young woman discovers her uncles head a gang of ship-wreckers and murderers under the secret patronage of the local squire, wickedly played by Charles Laughton. (Note: this is the last film Hitchcock directed before leaving the U.K.) The cast incudes Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, and Robert Newton.
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KCET is giving away five pairs of tickets to a special exhibit and screening event for Alfred Hitchcock’s final British film, "Jamaica Inn," at the Pacific Design Center’s Silver Screen Theatre!
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