A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)

Director:

Alexander Mackendrick

Writers:

Stanley Mann (screenplay) &
Ronald Harwood (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

4 June 1965 (West Germany)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

Piracy and High Adventure on the High Seas!

Plot:

The parents of children living in Jamaica, afraid that the kids are growing up uncivilized, decide to send them to England...

Plot Keywords:

Children | Pirate | Pirate Ship | Childhood | Child In Peril

Cast

Anthony Quinn	...	Chavez
James Coburn	...	Zac
Dennis Price	...	Mathias
Lila Kedrova	...	Rosa
Nigel Davenport	...	Mr. Thornton
Isabel Dean	...	Mrs. Thornton
Kenneth J. Warren	...	Capt. Marpole
Ben Carruthers	...	Alberto (as Benito Carruthers)
Gert Fröbe	...	Dutch Captain (as Gert Frobe)
Brian Phelan	...	Curtis
Trader Faulkner	...	Pirate
Charles Laurence	...	Tallyman
Charles Hyatt	...	Pirate
Dan Jackson	...	Pirate
Vivienne Ventura	...	Margaret Fernandez (as Viviane Ventura)
Kenji Takaki	...	Cook
Deborah Baxter	...	Emily
Roberta Tovey	...	Rachel
Martin Amis	...	John Thornton
Jeffrey Chandler	...	Edward
Karen Flack	...	Laura
Henry Beltran	...	Harry
Philip Madoc	...	Guardia Civile (as Phillip Madoc)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elsie Benjamin Barsoe	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Louise Bennett	...	Mamie (uncredited)
Maude Fuller	...	Josephina (uncredited)
Gordon Richardson	...	Judge (uncredited)
Marion Ward	...	Mrs. Fernandez (uncredited)
Danny Williams	...	Old Sam (uncredited)

Directed by
Alexander Mackendrick

Writing credits
Stanley Mann		(screenplay) &
Ronald Harwood		(screenplay) &
Denis Cannan		(screenplay) (as Dennis Cannan)
Richard Hughes		(novel)

Produced by
John Croydon	....	producer
Clifford Parkes	....	associate producer
Tom Pevsner	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Larry Adler

Cinematography by
Douglas Slocombe

Film Editing by
Derek York

Art Direction by
John Hoesli
John Howell		(supervising art director)

Makeup Department
Bill Lodge	....	makeup artist
Daphne Martin	....	hair stylist
Freddie Williamson	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jim Brennan	....	assistant director

Sound Department
H.L. Bird	....	sound recordist
Stephen Dalby	....	sound recordist
Matt McCarthy	....	sound editor
Brian Hickin	....	foley editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Les Bowie	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Gerald Larn	....	matte painter (uncredited)

Stunts
Joe Powell	....	stunt double: Anthony Quinn (uncredited)
Fred Zendar	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Cecil R. Cooney	....	camera operator: second unit (as Cecil Cooney)
Chic Waterson	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
John McCorry	....	wardrobe supervisor

Music Department
Mike LeRoy	....	singer
Christopher Logue	....	lyricist
Philip Martell	....	conductor

Other crew
Bryan Coates	....	location manager
Helen Whitson	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Productions

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1969) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• 20th Century Fox (1965) (France) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1965) (UK) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Bowie Films (uncredited)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #20540) | UK:A

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Productions

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Looking for this film on video

I was pleased to find this movie on your website and see the comments. This is a film which I loved as a child and have tried to find to purchase. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be available anywhere, nor have I seen it on TV. As a child I lived in a small town where the theatre played a lot of movies over and over, esp westerns, and I could even watch a movie 2 or 3 times in one sitting if I wanted. This I would do on a Sat or Sun afternoon. I watched this film 3 or 4 times and thought James Coburn and Anthony Quinn were excellent. Didn't remember the other actors and actresses except that I really liked the girl who ended up in the courtroom. I loved the theme song but don't know if it's any more available than the movie. It says something like: When man is young and certain of what he wants to be.....Then fate brings a love to him that hangs him high from the gallow's tree, my friend, high from the gallow's tree. Does anyone know who sang this ballad? I can't remember the rest of the words. Anyway, I agree with everyone else: It's a shame High Wind is not available to us on video or somewhere. It was a great film!