1949
6.8 (135 votes)
1h 22m
Genres
Comedy
Crime
Production Companies
Ealing Studios
General Film Distributors
General Film Distributors
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Angus MacPhail, Compton MacKenzie
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Producer: Michael Balcon
Director of Photography: Gerald Gibbs
Top Cast
Videos
Whisky Galore! (1949) | Trailer | Basil Radford | Joan Greenwood | Catherine Lacey
