Whisky Galore!

IMDb 6.8 1949 • 82 min • ComedyCrime

Director

Alexander Mackendrick

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Basil Radford
Basil Radford Captain Paul Waggett
Bruce Seton
Bruce Seton Sergeant Odd
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson George Campbell
Wylie Watson
Wylie Watson Joseph Macroon
Morland Graham
Morland Graham The Biffer