Movie Details
Original Title
Whisky Galore!
Original Language
EN
Status
Released
Popularity
0.6
Key Crew
Screenplay
Angus MacPhail, Compton MacKenzie
Director
Alexander Mackendrick
Producer
Michael Balcon
Editor
Joseph Sterling
Keywords
island
based on novel or book
scotland
shipwreck
world war ii
whiskey
home front
food rationing
1940s
hebrides, scotland
Reviews from TMDB
Based on a real incident some 8 years earlier, this film tells the story of a whisky-starved Scottish island that gets the windfall to end all windfalls - a ship carrying an enormous cargo of Scotch runs aground. The islanders are determined to salvage whatever they can, despite the best efforts of ...
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