Movie Details

Title

Whisky Galore!

Overview

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.

Runtime

1 h 22 min

Release Date

16 June 1949

Actors

Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Gordon Jackson, Wylie Watson, Morland Graham, John Gregson, Joan Greenwood, Gabrielle Blunt, Catherine Lacey, Jean Cadell, James Robertson Justice, James Woodburn, Jame Anderson, Jameson Clark, Duncan Macrae, Mary MacNeil, Norman MacOwan, Alastair Hunter, Henry Mollison, Frank Webster, Compton MacKenzie, James Anderson

Certification

Approved

Genres

Comedy, Crime

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