A High Wind in Jamaica is a
1929 novel by the Welsh writer
Richard Hughes, which was made into a
film of the same name in
1965. The book was initially titled
The Innocent Voyage and published by
Harper & Brothers in the spring of that year. Several months later Hughes renamed his novel in time for its British publication, and Harper followed suit. The original title retained some currency, as evidenced by
Paul Osborn's 1943 stage adaptation. There have since been two radio adaptations (one written in 1950 by Jane Speed for NBC University Theater; the other in 2000 by
Bryony Lavery for
BBC Radio 4), with the title
A High Wind in Jamaica.