Just like flies they are, spread out on the yards, little black dots of men. They cling there for safety, shouting in terror at the sight of the surf. ‘I’ve seen men like that: stuck in the rigging like a swarm of flies. ‘Have you ever seen flies caught in a jar of treacle?’ he said. He reached for the bottle of brandy, and let a little liquid trickle slowly into the glass. It is a very appropriate choice though because these words are spoken by Joss Merlin to Mary when he is has been drinking heavily, and he has just told Mary about the horrors of wrecking: We don’t know if this is by accident or if it was a deliberate choice of words on the part of the filmmakers. The title of the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film – Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) is taken from a line in Daphne du Maurier’s novel Jamaica Inn. Pirates of the Caribbean film named after a line in Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
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