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.
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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. The story—ba...
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- Runtime
- 82 min
- Released
- 1949-06-16
- Studio
- Ealing Studios
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.8
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Key contributors
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Alexander Mackendrick
Director
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Angus MacPhail
Writer
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Compton MacKenzie
Writer
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Basil Radford
Captain Paul Waggett
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Bruce Seton
Sergeant Odd
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Gordon Jackson
George Campbell
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Wylie Watson
Joseph Macroon
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Morland Graham
The Biffer
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John Gregson
Sammy MacCodrun
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Joan Greenwood
Peggy Macroon
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Gabrielle Blunt
Catriona Macroon