Whisky Galore! (1949)

Whisky Galore! (released in the US as Tight Little Island) is a 1949 Ealing comedy film based on the novel Whisky Galore by Compton MacKenzie. Both the film and the novel are based on the real-life 1941 shipwreck of the S.S. Politician near the island of Eriskay and the unauthorised taking of its cargo of whisky. The plot deals with the attempts of Scottish islanders to take advantage of an unexpected windfall, despite opposition from British authorities. It starred Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. This was Alexander Mackendrick's directorial debut.

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Cast:

• James Anderson
• Gabrielle Blunt
• Jean Cadell
• Jameson Clark
• Finlay Currie
• Morland Graham
• Joan Greenwood
• John Gregson
• Alastair Hunter
• Gordon Jackson
• James Robertson Justice
• Catherine Lacey
• Compton MacKenzie
• Mary MacNeil
• Norman Macowan
• Duncan MacRae
• A.E. Matthews
• Henry Mollison
• Basil Radford
• Bruce Seton
• Wylie Watson
• Frank Webster
• James Woodburn