Whisky Galore Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 82 mins
- Year produced:
- 1949
- Director:
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Cast:
- Basil Radford
- Catherine Lacey
- Bruce Seton
Released in what was a vintage year for the famous “Ealing comedies” (Passport to Pimlico and Kind Hearts and Coronets also came out in 1949), this near-perfect film is irreverent, anti-authoritarian and utterly hilarious – all the qualities that made Ealing a byword for the best in British comedy. The effects of World War II have shrunk the whisky ration to nothing on the far-flung Scottish island of Todday - so when a supply ship carrying 50,000 cases is wrecked, the locals decide to take matters into their own hands…
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Fascinating facts
Shot on the island of Barra which boasts Britain's most unique airport - the beach is the runway
Whisky Galore! is based on a true story – the SS Politician, and its cargo of whisky, ran aground near the island of Eriskay in 1941.