A High Wind in Jamaica (Original title)
Dates: 1965 (Copyright), 24 May 1965 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Alexander Mackendrick
Synopsis: Pirates in the 19th century board a ship and later find that children have stowed away on the pirate's ship. The captain saves the children and the eldest girl who has killed while delirious, but they are executed when caught.
Genre: Period drama
Subjects: Pirates, Jamaica
Releases
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9257 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: A High Wind in Jamaica: blank looks and missing voicesAuthor: LURY, Karen Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article considering the performance of the child actor Deborah Baxter in 'A High Wind in Jamaica' (1965). Suggests that the 'blankness' of Baxter's performance accurately conveys the unknowability of childhood. Part of a dossier of articles on the subject of child performance.
In: British National Film Catalogue v3 1965
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v3 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v233 n12 9 Jun 1965 Page: 305
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v233 n12 9 Jun 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v32 n378 July 1965 Page: 103
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v32 n378 July 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n9065 17 May 1965 Page: 9
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9065 17 May 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 26 May 1965
Title: [Variety - 26 May 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Cahiers du Cinéma n170 September 1965 Page: 56
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - n170 September 1965: no known title]Language: French
In: The Film Daily v126 n105 2 Jun 1965 Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v126 n105 2 Jun 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v185 n39 25 May 1965 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v185 n39 25 May 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3007 20 May 1965 Page: 15
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3007 20 May 1965: no known title]Language: English
Author: KEMP, Philip Pages: 298p.
Description: Foreword by Alec Guinness. The MAGGIE F
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9268 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-77764
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 16mm PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9215 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-1113967
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(5)
Description: 16mm PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9215 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-1113967
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 9258 FeetStock date: 1987BFI identifier: C-918213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9246 FeetBFI identifier: C-77765
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9268 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-77764
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-77766
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1965 (Copyright), 24 May 1965 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Alexander Mackendrick
Synopsis: Pirates in the 19th century board a ship and later find that children have stowed away on the pirate's ship. The captain saves the children and the eldest girl who has killed while delirious, but they are executed when caught.
Genre: Period drama
Subjects: Pirates, Jamaica
Releases
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9257 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(37)
©: Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd, Presents: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Produced by: John Croydon, Associate Producer: Clifford Parkes, Associate Producer: Tom Pevsner, Location Manager: Bryan Coates, [Production Secretary]: Barbara Allen, Assistant Director: Jim Brennan, Continuity: Helen Whitson, [Casting]: Stuart Lyons, Screenplay by: Stanley Mann, Screenplay by: Ronald Harwood, Dennis Cannan, From the Novel by: Richard Hughes, Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe, Second Unit Cameraman: Cecil Cooney, Camera Operator: Chic Waterson, [Special Effects]: Bowie Films, Editor: Derek York, Supervising Art Director: John Howell, Art Director: John Hoesli, Wardrobe Supervisor: John McCorry, Make Up: Bill Lodge, Freddie Williamson, Hairdressing: Daphne Martin, Music Composed by: Larry Adler, [Song] Lyrics by: Christopher Logue, [Song] Sung by: Mike Leroy, Orchestra Conducted by: Philip Martell, Sound Recordist: H.L. Bird, Stephen Dalby, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, [Boom Operator]: Derek Kavanagh, Sound Editor: Matt McCarthy, [Director of Nautical Operations]: Fred Zendar, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(25)
Anthony Quinn (Captain Chavez), James Coburn (Zac), Dennis Price (Mathias), Lila Kedrova (Rosa), Gert Frobe (Captain Vandervort), Nigel Davenport (Mr Thornton), Isabel Dean (Mrs Thornton), Kenneth J. Warren (Captain Marpole), Benito Carruthers (Alberto), Viviane Ventura (Margaret Fernandez), Trader Faulkner (pirate), Brian Phelan (Curtis), Kenji Takaki (cook), Charles Laurence (tallyman), Charles Hyatt, Dan Jackson (pirate), Deborah Baxter (Emily Thornton), Martin Amis (John Thornton), Roberta Tovey (Rachel Thornton), Jeffrey Chandler (Edward Thornton), Karen Flack (Laura Thornton), Henry Beltran (Harry), Philip Madoc (guardia civile), Gordon Richardson ([judge]), Suzanne Fleuret ([Spanish woman])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(10)
In: Screen v53 n4 Winter 2012 Pages: 447-452Title: A High Wind in Jamaica: blank looks and missing voicesAuthor: LURY, Karen Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article considering the performance of the child actor Deborah Baxter in 'A High Wind in Jamaica' (1965). Suggests that the 'blankness' of Baxter's performance accurately conveys the unknowability of childhood. Part of a dossier of articles on the subject of child performance.
In: British National Film Catalogue v3 1965
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v3 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v233 n12 9 Jun 1965 Page: 305
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v233 n12 9 Jun 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v32 n378 July 1965 Page: 103
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v32 n378 July 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n9065 17 May 1965 Page: 9
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9065 17 May 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 26 May 1965
Title: [Variety - 26 May 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Cahiers du Cinéma n170 September 1965 Page: 56
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - n170 September 1965: no known title]Language: French
In: The Film Daily v126 n105 2 Jun 1965 Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v126 n105 2 Jun 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v185 n39 25 May 1965 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v185 n39 25 May 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3007 20 May 1965 Page: 15
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3007 20 May 1965: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: Lethal innocence: the cinema of Alexander MackendrickAuthor: KEMP, Philip Pages: 298p.
Description: Foreword by Alec Guinness. The MAGGIE F
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9268 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-77764
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 16mm PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9215 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-1113967
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(5)
Description: 16mm PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9215 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-1113967
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 9258 FeetStock date: 1987BFI identifier: C-918213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9246 FeetBFI identifier: C-77765
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9268 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-77764
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-77766
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status