Whiskey Galore
Whiskey Galore ★★★½ Tight Little Island 1948
During WWII, a whiskey-less Scottish island gets a lift when a ship, carrying 50,000 cases of spirits, wrecks off the coast. A full-scale rescue operation and the evasion of both local and British government authorities ensue. The classic Ealing studio comedy is based on the actual wreck of a cargo ship off the Isle of Eriskay in 1941. 81m/B VHS, DVD . GB Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Gordon Jackson, James Robertson Justice; D: Alexander MacKendrick.
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