Whisky Galore!

Director: Alexander Mackendrick Alexander Mackendrick

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/09/2015
UPC:	0644827399529
Original Release:	1949
Source:	Reel Vault
Language:	English
Sales rank:	16,685

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Basil Radford	Capt. Paul Waggett
Joan Greenwood	Peggy Macroon
Bruce Seton	Sgt. Odd
Catherine Lacey	Mrs. Waggett
Gordon Jackson	George Campbell
Wylie Watson	Joseph Macroon
Gabrielle Blunt	Catriona Macroon
Jean Cadell	Mrs. Campbell
James Robertson Justice	Dr. MacLaren
Morland Graham	The Biffer
Duncan MacRae	Angus MacCormac
Compton Mackenzie	Capt. Buncher,Actor
John Gregson	Sammy MacConrum
James Woodburn	Roderick MacRuire
James Anderson	Old Hector
Jameson Clark	Constable Macrae
Mary McNeil	Mrs. MacCormac
Norman MacOwan	Capt. MacPhee
Alistair Hunter	Capt. MacKechnie,Capt. MacKechnie
Henry Mollison	Mr. Farquharson
Frank Webster	1st Mate
Finlay Currie	Narrator
A.E. Matthews	Col. Linsey-Woolsey
Ernest Irving	Composer

Technical Credits

Compton Mackenzie

Angus MacPhail

Alexander Mackendrick	Director
Compton Mackenzie	Screenwriter
Michael Balcon	Producer
Angus MacPhail	Screenwriter
Monja Danischewsky	Producer