Whisky Galore! poster

Whisky Galore!

19491h 22mComedy · Crime
directed by Alexander Mackendrick
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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.

Cast

Basil Radford·Captain Paul Waggett
Bruce Seton·Sergeant Odd
Gordon Jackson·George Campbell
Wylie Watson·Joseph Macroon
Morland Graham·The Biffer
John Gregson·Sammy MacCodrun
Joan Greenwood·Peggy Macroon
Gabrielle Blunt·Catriona Macroon
Catherine Lacey·Mrs. Waggett
Jean Cadell·Mrs. Campbell