Whisky Galore! (1949)
Whisky Galore! (1949) - Comedy Movies 82 minutes. Tight Little Island, Das Whisky-Schiff, Viskiä, viskiä!. 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. island, based on novel or book, scotland, shipwreck, world war ii, whiskey, home front, food rationing, 1940s, hebrides
Released: Jun 16, 1949
Runtime: 82 minutes
Stars: Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Gordon Jackson, Wylie Watson, Morland Graham, John Gregson
Crew: Alexander Mackendrick (Director), Compton MacKenzie (Novel), Angus MacPhail (Screenplay), Michael Balcon (Producer), Ernest Irving (Original Music Composer), Compton MacKenzie (Screenplay)