Whisky Galore!

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

Basil Radford

as Captain Paul Waggett

Bruce Seton

Bruce Seton

as Sergeant Odd

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

as George Campbell

Wylie Watson

Wylie Watson

as Joseph Macroon

Morland Graham

Morland Graham

as The Biffer

John Gregson

John Gregson

as Sammy MacCodrun

Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood

as Peggy Macroon

Gabrielle Blunt

Gabrielle Blunt

as Catriona Macroon

Catherine Lacey

Catherine Lacey

as Mrs. Waggett

Jean Cadell

Jean Cadell

as Mrs. Campbell

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Based on a real incident some 8 years earlier, this film tells the story of a whisky-starved Scottish island that gets the windfall to end all windfalls - a ship carrying an enormous cargo of Scotch runs aground. The islanders are determined to salvage whatever they can, despite the best efforts of ...

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