Story Line
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.
“Piracy and High Adventure on the High Seas!”
Top Cast
Anthony Quinn
Chavez
James Coburn
Zac
Deborah Baxter
Emily Thornton
Gert Fröbe
Dutch Captain
Dennis Price
Mathias
Lila Kedrova
Rosa
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Rating
6.3/ 10
Release Date
1965-05-01
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
AdventureDrama
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
8/10
•4/13/2020High 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, J...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•4/4/2022Poor old Anthony Quinn ("Chavez") is going about his harmless pirating when he alights on a ship carrying some British children en route to their schooling in Britain. Immediately the onboard dynamic changes. The captain starts to feel a bit of affec...
Wuchak
7/10
•8/23/2025**_A pirate ship in the Caribbean takes on some kids_**
In the mid-1800s, several children are transported from Jamaica to England when a pirate ship inadvertently apprehends them.
“A High Wind in Jamaica” (1965) is a cinematic version of the...