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- BFI identifier51352
- Date1949 (Copyright)
1949-07-18 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisComedy of the vain attempts of a Home Guard captain to protect the cargo of whisky on a wrecked ship off a Hebridean island whose inhabitants have been deprived of whisky because of the war. (Synopsis)
- Work historyShooting note: Photography started by Jo Jago; some additional shooting was also done by Douglas Slocombe (under Charles Crichton). Sequel note: Later followed by a (colour) sequel, 'Rockets Galore' (1958).
- Genre
- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Alexander Mackendrick
[Co-director]: Charles Crichton
Production Company: Ealing Studios
view all - CastFinlay Currie ([Narrator])
Basil Radford (Captain Paul Waggett, the English)
Catherine Lacey (Mrs Waggett, the English)
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Title
Whisky Galore! (Original)
Liquid Treasure (Working)
Tight Little Island (Alternative)
Whiskey Galore! (Alternative)
Whisky Galore (Help search)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/D59F-1A5A-D051-A074-AC82-ICategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
- Collections
- Film / Video
LTO5 - Video - MP4 - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsMusic Cue Sheet (Special Collections) - MUS-1466
Script - Original story: Based on Mackenzie's novel - SCR-19180
Script - Original story: Based on Mackenzie's novel - SCR-19181
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-51352
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-51352
Medium and small pressbooks held. Information folder held. Music cue sheet held.
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single sheet landscape poster - PD-11287
Poster: film - single sheet portrait poster - PD-11288
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait poster - PD-11289
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape poster - PD-11290
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape poster - PD-11291
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-b8m
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-b8l
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-b8k
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-b8j
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-b8i
view all - ArticlesEmpire n197 November 2005 - DVD ReviewFilm Review n621 August 2002 - ReviewClassic Television n5 Jun/Jul 1998 - Article, Synopsisview all
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes October 2012
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +Whisky Galore!
Work - 51352 - 1949 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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