| A High Wind in Jamaica | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:High_wind_movieposter.jpg) Original film poster by Howard Terpning | |
| Directed by | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Screenplay by | Stanley Mann Ronald Harwood Denis Cannan |
| Based on | A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes |
| Produced by | John Croydon |
| Starring | Anthony Quinn James Coburn Lila Kedrova |
| Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe |
| Edited by | Derek York |
| Music by | Larry Adler Mike LeRoy |
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| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,260,000[2] |
A High Wind in Jamaica is a 1965 DeLuxe Color adventure film, based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Richard Hughes, and directed by Alexander Mackendrick[3] for the 20th Century-Fox studio. It stars Anthony Quinn and James Coburn as the pirates who capture five children. Other cast members include Deborah Baxter, Nigel Davenport, Isabel Dean, Lila Kedrova, Kenneth J. Warren, and Gert Frobe. One of the child actors is the author Martin Amis.
- ^ "A High Wind in Jamaica - Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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