Whisky Galore! (1949)
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Originally released in Great Britain as Whisky Galore!, Tight Little Island is a comedy predicated on the notion that all Scotsmen are lushes. The tiny Scots Island of Todday suffers from a wartime whisky shortage. Luck of luck, a ship full of the precious liquid is wrecked on a reef. The islanders conspire to smuggle the whisky off the ship right under the noses of the pesky British revenue officials. Numerous clever comic complications occur before the happy ending--which, we are told by the narrator, was not so happy once all the whisky was consumed. Tight Little Island is regarded by devotees of British comedy as the best and most representative offering from the short-lived Ealing Studios. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, (more)
- Director(s):
- Alexander MacKendrick
Synopsis of Whisky Galore!
Originally released in Great Britain as Whisky Galore!, Tight Little Island is a comedy predicated on the notion that all Scotsmen are lushes. The tiny Scots Island of Todday suffers from a wartime whisky shortage. Luck of luck, a ship full of the precious liquid is wrecked on a reef. The islanders conspire to smuggle the whisky off the ship right under the noses of the pesky British revenue officials. Numerous clever comic complications occur before the happy ending--which, we are told by the narrator, was not so happy once all the whisky was consumed. Tight Little Island is regarded by devotees of British comedy as the best and most representative offering from the short-lived Ealing Studios. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Whisky Galore!
- Basil Radford - Capt. Paul Waggett
- Catherine Lacey - Mrs. Waggett
- Bruce Seton - Sgt. Odd
- Gabrielle Blunt - Catriona Macroon
- Jean Cadell - Mrs. Campbell
- Duncan MacRae - Angus MacCormac
- A.E. Matthews - Col. Linsey-Woolsey
- James Anderson - Old Hector
- Henry Mollison - Mr. Farquharson
- John Gregson - Sammy MacCodrun
- Norman MacOwan - Capt. MacPhee
- Joan Greenwood - Peggy Macroon
- Gordon Jackson - George Campbell
- James Robertson Justice - Dr. MacLaren
- Wylie Watson - Joseph Macroon
- Morland Graham - The Biffer
- Finlay Currie - Narrator
- James Woodburn - Roderick MacRuire
- Frank Webster - 1st Mate
- Jameson Clark - Constable Macrae
- Alastair Hunter - Capt. MacKechnie
- Director(s):
- Alexander MacKendrick
- Writer(s):
- Angus MacPhail
- Producer(s):
- Michael Balcon, Monja Danischewsky
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