Top billed cast

1. 

   Anthony Quinn

   Chavez

2. 

   James Coburn

   Zac

3. 

   Deborah Baxter

   Emily Thornton

4. 

   Gert Fröbe

   Dutch Captain

5. 

   Dennis Price

   Mathias

6. 

   Lila Kedrova

   Rosa

7. 

   Nigel Davenport

   Mr. Thornton

8. 

   Isabel Dean

   Alice Thornton

9. 

   Kenneth J. Warren

   Capt. Marpole

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2020-04-13

High on a Gallows Tree My Love.

A High Wind in Jamaica is directed by Alexander Mackendrick and adapted to screenplay jointly by Stanley Mann, Ronald Harwood & Denis Cannan, from the Richard Hughes novel of the same name. It stars Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Deborah Baxter, Lila Kedrova, Martin Amis, Dennis Price and Nigel Davenport. Music is by Larry Adler, with the song High on a Gallows Tree song by Mike LeRoy, and cinematography is by Douglas Slocombe. Out of 20th Century Fox it's a DeLuxe Color/CinemaScope production.

When a hurricane hits the isle of Jamaica in 1870, the Thornton ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• jamaica
• hurricane
• stowaway
• child in peril
• sword fight
• pirate
• storm
• sailing ship
• pirate ship
• 19th century
• caribbean
• 1870s