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Whisky Galore!

Whisky Galore! (1949)

Comedy, Crime | UK

Director: Alexander Mackendrick

BBC2 | Saturday 25 November 2023 | 15:05

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Rating: 7.2/10

User rating: 7.8/10
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SYNOPSIS

The residents of a Hebridean island endure many months without alcohol as a result of wartime rationing. When a ship runs aground carrying thousands of cases of Scotch, the locals are determined to keep it to themselves, despite the best efforts of a puritanical English home guard officer to confiscate it. Ealing comedy, starring Basil Radford, Gordon Jackson and James Robertson Justice.

Actors

Writer: Compton MacKenzie, Angus MacPhail

Producer: Michael Balcon, Monja Danischewsky

Narrator: Finlay Currie

RUNTIME: 80 min

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