Whisky Galore!

1949 · 82 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 6,953 VOTES · DIR. Alexander Mackendrick

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Overview

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.

ComedyCrime1940s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,605 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:07 Northwest of Scotland
00:05:42 It was a sign.
00:07:54 You must insist on Captain MacKechnie taking those boxes of ammunition back to the mainland.
00:10:37 Don't you understand that I cannot get any .300 ammunition from ordinance
00:12:42 The day you bring Catriona Macroon to this house
00:14:46 I tried to introduce football onto the island
00:16:42 I didn't think I was going to see you until ...
00:18:56 Your mother might be treating you like a baby but she'll not be treating me like one.
00:21:46 I'm not going to put my ship on the Skerrydoo! I tell you we are nowhere near any island!
00:25:10 Good man, Donald.
00:28:44 But mother, it might have been something important!
00:31:05 I shall certainly not do that!
00:33:45 You mean I can't trust my men.
00:37:37 Angus, you will take him around the feet.
00:42:31 Ah well, Scots Wahey!
00:47:44 I have a very serious report to make to you sir, which I think...
00:49:31 Thank you sir. Good night sir. Good night Mrs Waggett.
00:53:16 It's a well known medical fact that some men are born two drinks below par
00:56:48 You've got crazy the lot of you! Bottles, bottles, everywhere! The place is like a bar
01:02:39 Now you know the orders, don't waste time.
01:07:15 Dirty job!
01:10:30 This will take you the rest of the night, won't it?
01:13:35 Shut the door Joseph.
01:19:09 And if that is not a moral story

Cast & Characters

Basil Radford Captain Paul Waggett Joan Greenwood Peggy Macroon Catherine Lacey Mrs. Waggett Bruce Seton Sergeant Odd Wylie Watson Joseph Macroon Gabrielle Blunt Catriona Macroon Gordon Jackson George Campbell Jean Cadell Mrs. Campbell James Robertson Justice Dr. Maclaren Morland Graham The Biffer

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,605
Dialogue density19.6 lines / min
First line00:02:07
Final line01:19:09

Production Record

DirectorAlexander Mackendrick
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,953