When a ship carrying 50,000 cases of whisky runs aground, the inhabitants of a Scottish island cannot resist the temptation to replenish their depleted supplies. Only an English Home Guard captain stands in their way.
Reviews
(1)Marvellously detailed, fast-moving, well-played and attractively photographed comedy that firmly established the richest Ealing vein. (Halliwellโs)
Film clips
(1)Whisky Galore! (1949) opening credits
1st March, 2008Main title from Whisky Galore! (1949). During World War II, a ship full of whisky is wrecked on a small Hebridean island where the local customs and excise man has his hands full
News
(3)Musical version of Whisky Galore! opens at the Pitlochry Theatre
13th February, 2009Ealingโs classic film comedy remade as a musical opens at a Scottish theatre.
Play based on the making of Whisky Galore! opens
17th February, 2007โWhisky Galore! The Making of a Fillumโ depicts the meeting between the 1948 filmโs director, writer and star actress.
Ealing Studiosโ 100th anniversary celebrations
10th August, 2002Popular Ealing films screened and a DVD boxset released to celebrate 100 years of Ealing Studios.
Trivia
(1)Fourteen whisky bottles, said to be the last surviving from the wreck of the SS Politician, the real-life shipwreck that inspired the film, were sold in 1993 at a Glasgow auction for ยฃ12,012, with a bottle of Haig Dimple fetching ยฃ1,210.
Awards
- 1950 - (Nominated) BAFTA - Best British Film
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