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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 for the 20th Century-Fox studio. It stars Anthony Quinn and James Coburn as the pirates who capture five children.
A High Wind in Jamaica: Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. With Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price, Lila Kedrova. 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.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Alexander Mackendrick
- 1965-06-04
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
When they decide to send their children back to England for a proper education, the long journey home quickly turns into pandemonium when a pirate ship, led by Capt. Chavez (Anthony Quinn), attacks...
- (131)
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Adventure
- Anthony Quinn
A High Wind in Jamaica is a 1929 novel by the Welsh writer Richard Hughes, which was made into a film of the same name in 1965. Hughes' first novel, it was set in the late nineteenth century and followed a group of children captured by pirates on a voyage from Jamaica.
- Richard Arthur Warren Hughes
- 283 pp
- 1929
- 1929
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Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. When a pirate attacks a ship, he finds seven children, survivors from that attack, stowed away on his own ship and he must figure out what to do with them. Cast & Crew. Read More. Alexander Mackendrick. Director. Anthony Quinn. Juan Chavez. James Coburn. Zac. Dennis Price. Mathias. Gert Fröbe
Synopsis. A hurricane hits Jamaica in 1870. The Thorntons (Nigel Davenport and Isabel Dean), parents of five children, feel it is time to send them to England for a more civilized upbringing and education. During the voyage, pirates board the ship and the children end up accidentally leaving on the pirate ship.
