Whisky Galore! (1949)

Title: Whisky Galore!
Original Title: Whisky Galore!
Release Date: 1949-06-16
Status: Released
Rating: 6.8/10 (from 133 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Production Companies: Ealing Studios, General Film Distributors
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
Captain Paul Waggett

Bruce Seton
Sergeant Odd

Gordon Jackson
George Campbell

Wylie Watson
Joseph Macroon

Morland Graham
The Biffer

John Gregson
Sammy MacCodrun

Joan Greenwood
Peggy Macroon

Gabrielle Blunt
Catriona Macroon

Catherine Lacey
Mrs. Waggett

Jean Cadell
Mrs. Campbell