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Whisky Galore!

  • 19491949
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Whisky Galore! (1949)
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  • Comedy
  • Crime
Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
IMDb RATING
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6K
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  • Director
    • Alexander Mackendrick
  • Writers
    • Compton MacKenzie(novel)
    • Angus MacPhail(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Basil Radford
    • Joan Greenwood
    • Catherine Lacey
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alexander Mackendrick
  • Writers
    • Compton MacKenzie(novel)
    • Angus MacPhail(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Basil Radford
    • Joan Greenwood
    • Catherine Lacey
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 57User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Videos1

    Whisky Galore!
    Trailer 1:03
    Whisky Galore!

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    Basil Radford in Whisky Galore! (1949)
    Whisky Galore! (1949)
    Whisky Galore! (1949)
    Gabrielle Blunt, Joan Greenwood, Gordon Jackson, Bruce Seton, and Wylie Watson in Whisky Galore! (1949)
    Gabrielle Blunt and Joan Greenwood in Whisky Galore! (1949)
    Gordon Jackson in Whisky Galore! (1949)
    Joan Greenwood and Bruce Seton in Whisky Galore! (1949)

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    Basil Radford
    Basil Radford
    • Captain Paul Waggettas Captain Paul Waggett
    Joan Greenwood
    Joan Greenwood
    • Peggy Macroonas Peggy Macroon
    Catherine Lacey
    Catherine Lacey
    • Mrs. Waggettas Mrs. Waggett
    Bruce Seton
    Bruce Seton
    • Sergeant Oddas Sergeant Odd
    Wylie Watson
    Wylie Watson
    • Joseph Macroonas Joseph Macroon
    Gabrielle Blunt
    • Catriona Macroonas Catriona Macroon
    Gordon Jackson
    Gordon Jackson
    • George Campbellas George Campbell
    Jean Cadell
    Jean Cadell
    • Mrs. Campbellas Mrs. Campbell
    James Robertson Justice
    James Robertson Justice
    • Dr. Maclarenas Dr. Maclaren
    Morland Graham
    • The Bifferas The Biffer
    John Gregson
    John Gregson
    • Sammy MacCodrunas Sammy MacCodrun
    James Woodburn
    • Roderick MacRurieas Roderick MacRurie
    James Anderson
    • Old Hectoras Old Hector
    Jameson Clark
    • Constable Macraeas Constable Macrae
    Duncan Macrae
    Duncan Macrae
    • Angus MacCormacas Angus MacCormac
    Mary MacNeil
    • Mrs. MacCormacas Mrs. MacCormac
    Norman MacOwan
    Norman MacOwan
    • Captain MacPheeas Captain MacPhee
    Alastair Hunter
    Alastair Hunter
    • Captain MacKechnieas Captain MacKechnie
    • Director
      • Alexander Mackendrick
    • Writers
      • Compton MacKenzie(novel) (screenplay)
      • Angus MacPhail(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The story is based on a real-life incident that occurred in 1941 on the Hebridean island of Eriskay when the SS Politician ran aground. The tale of how a group of local Scottish islanders raided a shipwreck for its consignment of 24,000 cases of whisky quickly became legend. What's less well reported, however, was the fact that the ship was also carrying a sizeable amount of hard cash. According to official files recently released by the Home Office, there were nearly 290,000 ten shilling notes on board as well (the equivalent of several million pounds in today's currency) not all of which was ever recovered.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: To the west, there is nothing. Except America.

    • 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Tuesday's Documentary: The Ealing Comedies or Kind Hearts and Overdrafts (1970)
    • Soundtracks
      Brochan Lom, Tana Lom
      (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Sung when the whisky is first being shared out

    User reviews57

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    Top review
    8/10
    Captain Waggett (aka Mainwaring)
    Delightful post-war British comedy illustrating for the umpteenth time the fighting spirit of the "ordinary Joe" (or in this case Jock) when set against the pomposity of the would-be ruling classes. Capt Waggett (Basil Radford) is the real star here as the middle class representative of stiff upper lippery. Surely Jimmy Perry and David Croft must have drawn on him when they were dreaming up the Capt Mainwaring character for the long-running BBC TV sit-com "Dad's Army". Even one of Waggett's lines ("I was waiting to see when you'd spot that", a comment usually made when Mainwaring had just uttered some piece of logistical nonsense) made an appearance. Unmissable example of British comedy rooted in the style that made Ealing so succesful.
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    • Apr 2, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 1949 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Gaelic
    • Also known as
      • Tight Little Island
    • Filming locations
      • Castlebay, Barra, Western Isles, Scotland, UK
    • Production company
      • Ealing Studios
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,444
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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