Directed by:
Alexander MackendrickCinematography:
Gerald GibbsComposer:
Ernest IrvingCast:
Basil Radford, Gordon Jackson, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, James Robertson Justice, Joan Greenwood, John Gregson, Henry Mollison, Finlay Currie (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Basil Radford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426700_35b8e8.jpg)
Basil Radford
UK
Best movies:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Young and Innocent (1937)
Dead of Night (1945)
![Gordon Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270269_285512.jpg)
Gordon Jackson
UK
Best movies:
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Catherine Lacey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/856/160856553_4c74f1.jpg)
Catherine Lacey
UK
Best movies:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Servant (1963)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
![Bruce Seton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/856/160856560_7ba471.jpg)
Bruce Seton
India
Best movies:
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Doctor in the House (1954)
![James Robertson Justice](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/144/163144264_e6762c.jpg)
![Joan Greenwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279527_4024f1.jpg)
Joan Greenwood
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Detective (1954)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
![John Gregson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/447/161447223_3e1a44.jpg)
John Gregson
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
![Henry Mollison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053808_5fff49.jpg)
Henry Mollison
UK
Best movies:
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Whisky Galore! (1949)
![Finlay Currie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247450_f84ab9.jpg)
Finlay Currie
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Great Expectations (1946)
Cleopatra (1963)
![Gabrielle Blunt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/674/158674008_ebc8ba.jpg)
Gabrielle Blunt
UK
Best movies:
Mandy (1952)
The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Compton MacKenzie
UK
Best movies:
Whisky Galore! (1949)
![Jean Cadell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/855/159855493_208877.jpg)
Jean Cadell
UK
Best movies:
![Duncan Macrae](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/353/160353581_b05cec.jpg)
Duncan Macrae
UK
Best movies:
Our Man in Havana (1959)
The Best of Enemies (1961)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
Morland Graham
UK
Best movies:
Wylie Watson
UK
Best movies:
The 39 Steps (1935)
Whisky Galore! (1949)
The Sundowners (1960)
![Cyril Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/475/161475991_75f944.jpg)
Cyril Chamberlain
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The One That Got Away (1957)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Alastair Hunter
UK
Best movies:
The Italian Job (1969)
Whisky Galore! (1949)
Enemy from Space (1957)