Whisky Galore! (1949)
Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
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Cast & Crew
Top Billed Cast
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Captain Paul Waggett -
Mrs. Waggett -
Sergeant Odd -
Peggy Macroon -
Joseph Macroon -
Catriona Macroon -
George Campbell -
Mrs. Campbell -
Dr. Maclaren -
The Biffer
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Sammy MacCodrun -
Roderick MacRurie
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Old Hector
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Constable Macrae
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Angus MacCormac
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Director:
Alexander MackendrickWriters:
Compton MacKenzie (novel), Compton MacKenzie (screenplay), Angus MacPhail (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
Part of the film's appeal to British audiences in the late '40s was that wartime rationing was still in place and times were very austere. The film's flaunting attitude towards authority obviously struck a chord.
Quotes
Joseph Macroon:
Aye, ye have the Gaelic fine.
Goofs
Had there really been whisky (or really about anything except air) in those wooden crates piled as high as a person on the rowboats the villagers use to loot the cargo ship, those boats would have capsized or sunk by the sheer weight of the crates.
Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: By a strange coincidence the S.S. Cabinet Minister was wrecked off the Island of Todday [in the movie] two years after the S.S. Politician, with a similar cargo, was wrecked [in real life] off the Island of Eriskay. But the coincidence stops there, for our story and the characters in it are pure fiction.
Soundtracks
The MacaPhee song(uncredited)
Traditional
Played at the engagement party
Storyline
Plot Summary
Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)
Genres
Comedy | CrimeDetails
Release Date:
25 December 1949Language
English, Scottish Gaelic
Country of Origin
UKFilming Locations
Allasdale, Barra, Western Isles, Scotland, UKBox Office
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$11,444
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