A High Wind in Jamaica

A High Wind in Jamaica
1965AdventureDrama103 mins
★★★★★

Plot

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.

  • Alexander Mackendrick

    Director

  • Ronald Harwood

    Screenplay

  • Stanley Mann

    Screenplay

  • Denis Cannan

    Screenplay

  • Richard Hughes

    Novel

  • Douglas Slocombe

    Director of Photography

  • Derek York

    Editor

  • Anthony Quinn

    Chavez

  • James Coburn

    Zac

  • Deborah Baxter

    Emily Thornton

  • Gert Fröbe

    Dutch Captain

  • Dennis Price

    Mathias

  • Lila Kedrova

    Rosa

  • Nigel Davenport

    Mr. Thornton

  • Isabel Dean

    Alice Thornton

  • Kenneth J. Warren

    Capt. Marpole

  • Ben Carruthers

    Alberto

  • Brian Phelan

    Curtis

  • Trader Faulkner

    Pirate

  • Charles Laurence

    Tallyman

  • Charles Hyatt

    Pirate

  • Dan Jackson

    Pirate

  • Viviane Ventura

    Margaret Fernandez

  • Kenji Takaki

    Cook

  • Roberta Tovey

    Rachel Thornton

  • Martin Amis

    John Thornton

  • Jeffrey Chandler

    Edward Thornton

  • Karen Flack

    Laura Thornton

  • Henry Beltran

    Harry Fernandez

  • Philip Madoc

    Guardia Civile

  • The Martin Scorsese British Film Clubby pierre

    • Runtime

    103 minutes

    Released

    1965-05-01

    Languages

    English

    Español

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    20th Century Fox

    Sound

  • Larry Adler

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    289 days ago

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