Whisky Galore!
Tight Little Island, Das Whisky-Schiff, Viskiä, viskiä!
Original title: Whisky Galore!
Original language: enIMDB: tt0042040
TMDB: 16665
Release date: Thursday, 16th June 1949
Adult: No
Duration: 1h 22min
Popularity: 11.84
Rate: 6.827 / 127 votes
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.
Popularity: 11.84
Rate: 6.827 / 127 votes
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.
Directors
Alexander Mackendrick
(Director)
(Director)Writers
Cast
Basil Radford
(Captain Paul Waggett)
(Captain Paul Waggett)Bruce Seton
(Sergeant Odd)
(Sergeant Odd)Gordon Jackson
(George Campbell)
(George Campbell)Wylie Watson
(Joseph Macroon)
(Joseph Macroon)Morland Graham
(The Biffer)
(The Biffer)John Gregson
(Sammy MacCodrun)
(Sammy MacCodrun)Joan Greenwood
(Peggy Macroon)
(Peggy Macroon)Gabrielle Blunt
(Catriona Macroon)
(Catriona Macroon)Catherine Lacey
(Mrs. Waggett)
(Mrs. Waggett)Jean Cadell
(Mrs. Campbell)
(Mrs. Campbell)James Robertson Justice
(Dr. Maclaren)
(Dr. Maclaren)James Woodburn (Roderick MacRurie)
(Roderick MacRurie)Jame Anderson (Old Hector)
(Old Hector)Jameson Clark
(Constable Macrae)
(Constable Macrae)Duncan Macrae
(Angus MacCormac)
(Angus MacCormac)Mary MacNeil (Mrs. MacCormac)
(Mrs. MacCormac)Norman MacOwan
(Captain MacPhee)
(Captain MacPhee)Alastair Hunter
(Captain MacKechnie)
(Captain MacKechnie)Henry Mollison
(Mr. Farquharson)
(Mr. Farquharson)Frank Webster (First Mate)
(First Mate)Compton MacKenzie (Captain Buncher)
(Captain Buncher)James Anderson (Old Hector)
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