Whisky Galore! (1949)
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.
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 |
| Writing | Angus MacPhail | Screenplay |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Alexander Mackendrick | Director |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Screenplay |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Novel |
| Editing | Joseph Sterling | Editor |
| Production | L. C. Rudkin | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Art | Jim Morahan | Art Direction |
| Crew | Sydney Pearson | Special Effects |
| Camera | Gerald Gibbs | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Marjorie Owens | Continuity |
| Production | Monja Danischewsky | Associate Producer |
| Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Harry Kratz | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Geoffrey Dickinson | Special Effects |
| Camera | Chic Waterson | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Leonard Bulkley | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
| Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound Supervisor |
| Camera | Hal Britten | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Roy Gough | Still Photographer |
