Jamaica Inn (1983 TV series)

Jamaica Inn
GenreDrama
Based onJamaica Inn
by Daphne du Maurier
Screenplay byDerek Marlowe
Directed byLawrence Gordon Clark
StarringJane Seymour
Patrick McGoohan
Trevor Eve
Music byFrancis Shaw
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes2
Production
ProducerPeter Graham Scott
EditorGeoff Shepherd
Original release
NetworkITV (HTV West)
Release9 May (1983-05-09) –
10 May 1983 (1983-05-10)
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Jamaica Inn is a 1983 British television miniseries adapted from the 1936 novel Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier. It is a gothic period piece of piracy, smuggling and murder set in northeastern Cornwall, England in the early 19th century. The series dramatizes the cultural trope of wreckers, clipper ship era pirates who employed various deceptions including mislocated lights, to lure ships to their doom on irregular rugged shorelines for subsequent plundering. It stars Jane Seymour, Patrick McGoohan and Trevor Eve and was directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark.[1]

  1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | JAMAICA INN (1983)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.