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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.
- (6.7K)
- Comedy, Crime
- Alexander Mackendrick
- 1949-12-25
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.
Feb 5, 2016 · Learn how the SS Politician, a ship carrying 264,000 bottles of whisky and £145,000 in cash, sank off the Outer Hebrides in 1941, and how the locals salvaged the cargo. Discover the facts and myths behind the book and film of Whisky Galore!
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May 12, 2017 · Whisky Galore: Directed by Gillies MacKinnon. With Naomi Battrick, Sean Biggerstaff, James Cosmo, Matt Costello. Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship during WWII.
- (2K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Gillies MacKinnon
- 2017-05-12
Whisky Galore! is a 2016 British film, a remake of the 1949 Ealing Comedy of the same name, itself based on the novel of the same name by Compton Mackenzie. It was directed by Gillies MacKinnon and stars Gregor Fisher , Eddie Izzard , Sean Biggerstaff and Naomi Battrick .
When officious English commanding officer Captain Waggett (Basil Radford) demands return of the liquor, shopkeeper Joseph Macroon (Wylie Watson) and his daughters Peggy (Joan...
- (25)
- Comedy, War
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.
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