Whisky Galore

1949
UK
82 min
PG

Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick
Written by: Compton MacKenzie (also novel), Angus MacPhail
Cast: Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood, Gordon Jackson

Much-loved Ealing comedy by the late Sandy Mackendrick. A ship carrying a cargo of whisky is shipwrecked off a Scottish island during wartime, so the locals decide it's time to quench their thirst. Full of wit and charm that others can only hope to emulate.