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Whisky Galore!

6.8(156)19491h 22m2

Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • island
  • based on novel or book
  • scotland
  • shipwreck
  • world war ii
  • whiskey
  • black and white
  • home front
  • food rationing
  • 1940s
  • hebrides, scotland

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical25 Dec 1949
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU16 Jun 1949
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical8 Oct 2014
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PhysicalALDVD17 Sept 2009

Frequently asked questions

Whisky Galore! was released on 16 June 1949.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    3/27/2022

    8/10

    Based on a real incident some 8 years earlier, this film tells the story of a whisky-starved Scottish island that gets the windfall to end all windfalls - a ship carrying an enormous cargo of Scotch runs aground. The islanders are determined to salvage whatever they can, despite the best efforts of the local Home Guard Captain (an Englishman - Basil Radford) and the Excise men. This is a gentle little comedy that pul…

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