Whisky Galore!

1949 · TMDB 6.8

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick

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.

Basil Radford Bruce Seton Gordon Jackson Wylie Watson Morland Graham John Gregson Joan Greenwood Gabrielle Blunt Catherine Lacey Jean Cadell James Robertson Justice James Woodburn

Director · Alexander Mackendrick Producer · Michael Balcon Writer · Angus MacPhail Writer · Compton MacKenzie Cinematography · Gerald Gibbs Composer · Ernest Irving Editor · Joseph Sterling

Runtime: 82 min
Released: 1949-06-16
Studio: Ealing Studios
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
TMDB score: 6.8

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