Whisky Galore!. Image shows from L to R: George Campbell (Gordon Jackson), The Biffer (Morland Graham). Copyright: Ealing Studios
Whisky Galore!

Whisky Galore! (1949)

  • 1949 film

Classic Ealing comedy about a Scotch-laden ship that runs aground off the coast of the Outer Hebrides during the Second World War. Stars Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson, Wylie Watson and more.

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Whisky Galore! - Digitally Restored Blu-ray and DVD

Filmed at Barra in the outer Hebrides, Whisky Galore! was based upon a true incident, the foundering of a cargo ship off the Isle Of Eriskay with 50, 000 cases of Scotch aboard. The Scottish islanders of Todday by-pass war time rationing and delight in smuggling cases of their favourite...

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