Whisky Galore
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.
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HD
Comedy, Crime
1949
82 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Whisky Galore
- Duration : 82 min
- Languages : English, Scottish Gaelic
- Writers : Compton MacKenzie (novel), Compton MacKenzie (screenplay), Angus MacPhail (screenplay)
- Directors : Alexander Mackendrick min
- Imdb : 7.4 (3210 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.9 (1113 votes)
- Actors : Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood
Movie Storyline
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.