About Whisky Galore!
- Released on June 16, 1949
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.
Full Cast of Whisky Galore!
Basil Radford
plays Captain Paul Waggett
Bruce Seton
plays Sergeant Odd
Gordon Jackson
plays George Campbell
Wylie Watson
plays Joseph Macroon
Morland Graham
plays The Biffer
John Gregson
plays Sammy MacCodrun
Joan Greenwood
plays Peggy Macroon
Gabrielle Blunt
plays Catriona Macroon
Catherine Lacey
plays Mrs. Waggett
Jean Cadell
plays Mrs. Campbell
James Robertson Justice
plays Dr. Maclaren
James Woodburn
plays Roderick MacRurie
Jame Anderson
plays Old Hector
Jameson Clark
plays Constable Macrae
Duncan Macrae
plays Angus MacCormac
Mary MacNeil
plays Mrs. MacCormac
Norman MacOwan
plays Captain MacPhee
Alastair Hunter
plays Captain MacKechnie
Henry Mollison
plays Mr. Farquharson
Frank Webster
plays First Mate
Compton MacKenzie
plays Captain Buncher
James Anderson
plays Old Hector
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