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Whisky Galore! (1949) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 16, 1949

Original Title:
Whisky Galore!

Alternate Titles:
Das Whisky-Schiff
Tight Little Island
Viskiä, viskiä!

Genres:
Comedy | Crime

Production Companies:
Ealing Studios
General Film Distributors

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
NL: AL 

Runtime: 82

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Art Direction:
Jim Morahan

Assistant Director:
Harry Kratz

Associate Producer:
Monja Danischewsky

Camera Operator:
Chic Waterson
Hal Britten

Conductor:
Ernest Irving

Continuity:
Marjorie Owens

Director:
Alexander Mackendrick

Director of Photography:
Gerald Gibbs

Editor:
Joseph Sterling

Novel:
Compton MacKenzie

Original Music Composer:
Ernest Irving

Producer:
Michael Balcon

Production Supervisor:
Hal Mason

Screenplay:
Angus MacPhail
Compton MacKenzie

Sound Recordist:
Leonard Bulkley

Sound Supervisor:
Stephen Dalby

Special Effects:
Geoffrey Dickinson
Sydney Pearson

Still Photographer:
Roy Gough

Unit Production Manager:
L. C. Rudkin

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Anthony Mendleson

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