Whisky Galore! (1949)
Synopsis
Whisky Galore! is a 1949 British comedy film produced by Ealing Studios, starring Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. It was the directorial debut of Alexander Mackendrick; the screenplay was by Compton Mackenzie, an adaptation of his 1947 novel Whisky Galore, and Angus MacPhail. The story—based on a true event, the running aground of the SS Politician—concerns a shipwreck off a fictional Scottish island, the inhabitants of which have run out of whisky because of wartime rationing. The islanders find out the ship is carrying 50,000 cases of whisky, some of which they salvage, against the opposition of the local Customs and Excise men.
Release Date: 1949-06-16
Runtime: 82 minutes
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
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- 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
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