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Whisky Galore!
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.
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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.
More about Whisky Galore!
Cast
Basil RadfordCaptain Paul Waggett
Bruce SetonSergeant Odd
Gordon JacksonGeorge Campbell
Wylie WatsonJoseph Macroon
Morland GrahamThe Biffer
John GregsonSammy MacCodrun
Joan GreenwoodPeggy MacroonCredits
- Directed by
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Written by
- Angus MacPhail, Compton MacKenzie, Compton MacKenzie
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
Ealing StudiosUnited Kingdom- General Film Distributors
