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Whisky Galore! is a 1949 British comedy film produced by Ealing Studios, starring Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. It was the directorial debut of Alexander Mackendrick; the screenplay was by Compton Mackenzie, an adaptation of his 1947 novel Whisky Galore, and Angus MacPhail. The story—based on a true event, the running aground of the SS Politician—concerns a shipwreck off a fictional Scottish island, the inhabitants of which have run out of whisky because of wartime rationing. The islanders find out the ship is carrying 50,000 cases of whisky, some of which they salvage, against the opposition of the local Customs and Excise men.
Theatrical
Dec 25, 1949
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Ernest Irving
Studio
Ealing Studios, General Film Distributors
Cast
Full credits →B
Basil Radford
Captain Paul Waggett
B
Bruce Seton
Sergeant Odd
G
Gordon Jackson
George Campbell
W
Wylie Watson
Joseph Macroon
M
Morland Graham
The Biffer
J
John Gregson
Sammy MacCodrun
J
Joan Greenwood
Peggy Macroon
G
Gabrielle Blunt
Catriona Macroon
C
Catherine Lacey
Mrs. Waggett
J
Jean Cadell
Mrs. Campbell
J
James Robertson Justice
Dr. Maclaren
J
James Woodburn
Roderick MacRurie
J
Jameson Clark
Constable Macrae
D
Duncan Macrae
Angus MacCormac
N
Norman MacOwan
Captain MacPhee
A
Alastair Hunter
Captain MacKechnie
H
Henry Mollison
Mr. Farquharson
F
Frank Webster
First Mate
C
Compton MacKenzie
Captain Buncher
J
James Anderson
Old Hector
