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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.
Whisky Galore!: Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. With Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood. Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
May 24, 2021 · 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 story of Whisky Galore (1949) concerns the consequences of wartime rationing on the Scottish island of Todday, whose inhabitants, having run out of whisky, jump at the opportunity to salvage some when a freighter carrying 50,000 cases washes up on shore. Captain Paul Waggett (Basil Radford), the commander of the island's Home Guard unit ...
Released Dec 25, 1949 1h 22m Comedy War. List. During World War II, the tiny Scottish island of Todday runs out of whisky. When the freighter S.S. Cabinet Minister runs aground nearby during a...
Based on a real incident some 8 years earlier, this film tells the story of a whisky-starved Scottish island that gets the windfall to end all windfalls - a ship carrying an enormous cargo of Scotch runs aground.
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.
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