A High Wind in Jamaica (film)


A High Wind in Jamaica

original film poster by Howard Terpning
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Produced by John Croydon
Written by Stanley Mann
Ronald Harwood
Denis Cannan
Starring Anthony Quinn
James Coburn
Lila Kedrova
Music by Larry Adler
Cinematography Douglas Slocombe
Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date(s) 1965
Running time 103 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

A High Wind in Jamaica is a 1965 film, based on the novel of the same name, and directed by Alexander Mackendrick [1] for the 20th Century-Fox studio. It starred Anthony Quinn and James Coburn as the pirates who capture the 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.

The film is regarded highly today because of Mackendrick's direction and Anthony Quinn's lead performance as the pirate captain whose relationship with the children betokens a subtle change in his character, finally leading to his downfall and the pirates' end.

Mackendrick (1912-1993) was best known as a director of the Ealing comedies The Man in the White Suit (1951) and The Ladykillers (1955). The material in A High Wind in Jamaica afforded the director an opportunity to combine a light touch with serious drama. Essentially, what makes the film fascinating is the theme of children growing up and their contact with a world of adults (the pirates) who act as if they are grown-up children.

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References

  1. ^ "New York Times: A High Wind in Jamaica". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/95187/A-High-Wind-in-Jamaica/overview. Retrieved 2008-08-17. 

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