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Whisky Galore!
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6.8Based 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.
Released: 1949-06-1682 minDir: Alexander MackendrickComedy, Crime
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Cast
- Basil Radford as Captain Paul Waggett
- Bruce Seton as Sergeant Odd
- Gordon Jackson as George Campbell
- Wylie Watson as Joseph Macroon
- Morland Graham as The Biffer
- John Gregson as Sammy MacCodrun
Themes
- island
- based on novel or book
- scotland
- shipwreck
- world war ii
- whiskey
- black and white
- home front
- food rationing
- 1940s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Screenwriter
- Compton Mackenzie
- Cast member
- Wylie Watson
- Producer
- Michael Balcon
- Production company
- Ealing Studios
- Narrative location
- Scotland
- Duration
- 82
- FilmAffinity ID
- 349096
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1949-12-25
- title
- Whisky Galore!
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 96%
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