Whisky Galore! (1949)
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.
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
Writers:
Angus MacPhail, Compton MacKenzie.
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Basil Radford as Captain Paul Waggett |
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Bruce Seton as Sergeant Odd |
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Gordon Jackson as George Campbell |
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Wylie Watson as Joseph Macroon |
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Morland Graham as The Biffer |
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John Gregson as Sammy MacCodrun |
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Joan Greenwood as Peggy Macroon |
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Gabrielle Blunt as Catriona Macroon |
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Catherine Lacey as Mrs. Waggett |
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Jean Cadell as Mrs. Campbell |
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James Robertson Justice as Dr. Maclaren |
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James Woodburn as Roderick MacRurie |
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Jameson Clark as Constable Macrae |
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Duncan Macrae as Angus MacCormac |
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Mary MacNeil as Mrs. MacCormac |
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Norman MacOwan as Captain MacPhee |
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Alastair Hunter as Captain MacKechnie |
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Henry Mollison as Mr. Farquharson |
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Frank Webster as First Mate |
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Compton MacKenzie as Captain Buncher |
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James Anderson as Old Hector |
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Cyril Chamberlain as |
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Finlay Currie as Narrator |
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A.E. Matthews as Colonel Linsey-Woolsey |
| Directing | Alexander Mackendrick | Director |
| Writing | Angus MacPhail | Screenplay |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Novel |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Screenplay |
| Production | Monja Danischewsky | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Gerald Gibbs | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jim Morahan | Art Direction |
| Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Chic Waterson | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Joseph Sterling | Editor |
| Production | L. C. Rudkin | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Leonard Bulkley | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Harry Kratz | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Directing | Marjorie Owens | Continuity |
| Crew | Geoffrey Dickinson | Special Effects |
| Crew | Sydney Pearson | Special Effects |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
| Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound Supervisor |
| Camera | Hal Britten | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Roy Gough | Still Photographer |
