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    Whisky Galore! 1949 POSTER

    Whisky Galore!

    1949

    English

    7.1

    5

    96%

    84%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Comedy

    Crime

    homefront

    island

    scotland

    shipwreck

    world war ii

    Alexander Mackendrick Alexander Mackendrick Director Basil Radford Basil Radford as Captain Paul Waggett James Robertson Justice James Robertson Justice as Dr. Maclaren Gordon Jackson Gordon Jackson as George Campbell Bruce Seton Bruce Seton as Sergeant Odd
    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.
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