Whisky Galore!
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1949-06-16
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.
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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.
Released
1949-06-16
Runtime
82
Director
Alexander Mackendrick
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Genres
Comedy
Crime
Language
English
Production
Ealing Studios
General Film Distributors
Casts
Basil Radford
Basil Radford
Bruce Seton
Bruce Seton
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson
Wylie Watson
Wylie Watson
Morland Graham
Morland Graham
John Gregson
John Gregson
Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood
Gabrielle Blunt
Gabrielle Blunt
Catherine Lacey
Catherine Lacey
Jean Cadell
Jean Cadell
James Robertson Justice
James Robertson JusticeJames Woodburn
James Woodburn
Jameson Clark
Jameson Clark
Duncan Macrae
Duncan MacraeMary MacNeil
Mary MacNeil
Norman MacOwan
Norman MacOwan
Alastair Hunter
Alastair Hunter
Henry Mollison
Henry MollisonFrank Webster
Frank WebsterCompton MacKenzie
Compton MacKenzie
James Anderson
James Anderson
Cyril Chamberlain
Cyril Chamberlain
Finlay Currie
Finlay Currie
A.E. Matthews
A.E. Matthews