Whisky Galore! (1949) | |
| Director(s) | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Producer(s) | Michael Balcon, Monja Danischewsky (associate) |
| Top Genres | Comedy |
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Whisky Galore! (1949) was a Comedy - Black-and-white Film directed by Alexander Mackendrick and produced by Michael Balcon and Monja Danischewsky.
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Ealing Comedy #4: Whisky Galore! (Alexander Mackendrick, 1949)
By Virginie Pronovost on Dec 23, 2022 From The Wonderful World of CinemaThe journey across the Ealing comedies continues today with Whisky Galore!, a 1949 film that introduced two critical figures to these films: director Alexander Mackendrick and actress Joan Greenwood. By the way, I just discovered that Alexander Mackendrick also directed Sweet Smell of Success (1957)... Read full article
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Farquharson:
My men are experts.
Captain Paul Waggett: So are the Todday people, at hiding whisky!
Narrator: To the west, there is nothing. Except America.
Narrator: [describing the inhabitants of Todday as children run out of a cottage] A happy people, with few and simple pleasures.
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Captain Paul Waggett: So are the Todday people, at hiding whisky!
Narrator: To the west, there is nothing. Except America.
Narrator: [describing the inhabitants of Todday as children run out of a cottage] A happy people, with few and simple pleasures.
read more quotes from Whisky Galore!...
Facts about
In the original novel, the island was populated with both Catholics and Calvinists. The Catholics were dropped from the film as they would have had no trouble with not observing the Sabbath to salvage the whisky-laden ship.
The story was based on a real-life incident that occurred in 1941 on the Hebridean island of Eriskay when the SS Politician ran aground. The tale of how a group of local Scottish islanders raided a shipwreck for its consignment of 24,000 cases of whisky quickly became legend. What's less well reported, however, was the fact that the ship was also carrying a sizeable amount of hard cash. According to official files recently released by the Home Office, there was nearly 290,000 ten shilling notes on board as well (this would be the equivalent of several million pounds at today's prices), not all of which was ever recovered.
In France, the film was called "Whisky a Go-Go". This proved so popular a title, it became the name of one of the leading Parisian nightclubs.
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The story was based on a real-life incident that occurred in 1941 on the Hebridean island of Eriskay when the SS Politician ran aground. The tale of how a group of local Scottish islanders raided a shipwreck for its consignment of 24,000 cases of whisky quickly became legend. What's less well reported, however, was the fact that the ship was also carrying a sizeable amount of hard cash. According to official files recently released by the Home Office, there was nearly 290,000 ten shilling notes on board as well (this would be the equivalent of several million pounds at today's prices), not all of which was ever recovered.
In France, the film was called "Whisky a Go-Go". This proved so popular a title, it became the name of one of the leading Parisian nightclubs.
read more facts about Whisky Galore!...
