Film
Whisky Galore!
1949 · 1h 22m · Comedy · Crime
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Overview
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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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
James Robertson Justice
Dr. Maclaren
James Woodburn
Roderick MacRurie
Jameson Clark
Constable Macrae
Duncan Macrae
Angus MacCormac
Mary MacNeil
Mrs. MacCormac
Norman MacOwan
Captain MacPhee
Crew
- Alexander MackendrickDirector
- Angus MacPhailScreenplay
- Compton MacKenzieNovel · Screenplay
- Michael BalconProducer
- Gerald GibbsDirector of Photography
- Ernest IrvingOriginal Music Composer
- Joseph SterlingEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 16, 1949
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rated
- U
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
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