Whisky Galore!

Whisky Galore!

82 mins | Crime, Comedy | June 16, 1949

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.

Whisky Galore!

82 mins | Crime, Comedy | June 16, 1949

Whisky Galore!
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Ealing Studios, General Film Distributors
Original title Whisky Galore!
Directors Harry Kratz, Marjorie Owens, Alexander Mackendrick
Writers Compton MacKenzie, Angus MacPhail

Cast

Basil Radford

as Captain Paul Waggett

Bruce Seton

as Sergeant Odd

Gordon Jackson

as George Campbell

Wylie Watson

as Joseph Macroon

Morland Graham

as The Biffer

John Gregson

as Sammy MacCodrun

Joan Greenwood

as Peggy Macroon

Gabrielle Blunt

as Catriona Macroon

Catherine Lacey

as Mrs. Waggett

Jean Cadell

as Mrs. Campbell

James Robertson Justice

as Dr. Maclaren

James Woodburn

as Roderick MacRurie

Jame Anderson

as Old Hector

Jameson Clark

as Constable Macrae

Duncan Macrae

as Angus MacCormac

Mary MacNeil

as Mrs. MacCormac

Norman MacOwan

as Captain MacPhee

Alastair Hunter

as Captain MacKechnie

Henry Mollison

as Mr. Farquharson

Frank Webster

as First Mate

Compton MacKenzie

as Captain Buncher

James Anderson

as Old Hector