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Whisky Galore
(1949)
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Basil Radford | ... |
Captain Paul Waggett
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Catherine Lacey | ... |
Mrs. Waggett
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Bruce Seton | ... |
Sergeant Odd
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Joan Greenwood | ... |
Peggy Macroon
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Wylie Watson | ... |
Joseph Macroon
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Gabrielle Blunt | ... |
Catriona Macroon
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Gordon Jackson | ... |
George Campbell
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Jean Cadell | ... |
Mrs. Campbell
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James Robertson Justice | ... |
Dr. Maclaren
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Morland Graham | ... |
The Biffer
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John Gregson | ... |
Sammy MacCodrun
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James Woodburn | ... |
Roderick MacRurie
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James Anderson | ... |
Old Hector
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Jameson Clark | ... |
Constable Macrae
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Duncan Macrae | ... |
Angus McCormac
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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. Written by Jörg Ausfelt <joerg.ausfelt@telia.com>
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A Highland fling on a tight little islandGenres:
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Captain Paul Waggett: So are the Todday people, at hiding whisky!
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off the island of Todday [in the movie] two years after the
SS 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. See more »
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The plywood mock-up of the SS Politician sank before filming had even started. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When Captain Waggett telephones the Post Office, he is unable to get through to the switchboard operator. Seconds later, he is speaking to Mistress Campbell. He could not possibly do so without the Post Office switchboard connecting him. See more »Quotes
Farquharson: My men are experts.Captain Paul Waggett: So are the Todday people, at hiding whisky!
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By a strange coincidence, the SS Cabinet Minister was wreckedoff the island of Todday [in the movie] two years after the
SS 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. See more »
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