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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
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Summaries. 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. The parents of children living in Jamaica, afraid that the kids are growing up uncivilized, decide to send them to England.
The film follows a group of five children whose parents decide to send them from their home in 19th-century Jamaica to the more civilized world of Great Britain. When pirates attack the ship, they take the children captive.
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.
