Whisky Galore! (1949)
Synopsis
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.
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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