(Whisky Galore!)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Comedy,

Crime

Runtime:

82 minutes

Year:

1949

Directors:

Alexander Mackendrick

Production companies:

Ealing Studios,

General Film Distributors

Actors:

Captain Paul Waggett

Sergeant Odd

George Campbell

Joseph Macroon

The Biffer

Crews:

Screenplay

Director

Original Music Composer

Novel

Screenplay