Whisky Galore!
movie
Released June 16, 1949
Overview
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
as
Captain Paul Waggett
Bruce Seton
as
Sergeant Odd
Gordon Jackson
as
George Campbell
Wylie Watson
as
Joseph Macroon
Morland Graham
as
The Biffer
John Gregson
as
Sammy MacCodrun
Joan Greenwood
as
Peggy Macroon
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Gabrielle Blunt
as
Catriona Macroon
Catherine Lacey
as
Mrs. Waggett
Jean Cadell
as
Mrs. Campbell
James Robertson Justice
as
Dr. Maclaren
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James Woodburn
as
Roderick MacRurie
Crew
Angus MacPhail
as
Screenplay
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Ernest Irving
as
Original Music Composer
Alexander Mackendrick
as
Director
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Compton MacKenzie
as
Screenplay
Michael Balcon
as
Producer
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Compton MacKenzie
as
Novel
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Joseph Sterling
as
Editor
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L. C. Rudkin
as
Unit Production Manager
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Anthony Mendleson
as
Wardrobe Supervisor
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Jim Morahan
as
Art Direction
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Sydney Pearson
as
Special Effects
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Gerald Gibbs
as
Director of Photography