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The Ealing Comedy: Whisky Galore!

on BBC Two England

Starring Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood
with James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson

Ealing Studios won international recognition with this spirited comedy, shot on the remote Hebridean island of Barra.
It is 1943, and the island of Todday is an island of despair. Everyone's spirits are at zero - Todday is without whisky, the water of life. Then a shipwreck brings hope when the islanders learn that the cargo is whisky. But finders cannot always expect to be keepers.
Written by COMPTON MACKENZIE and ANGUS MACPHAIL
Produced by MICHAEL BALCON
Directed by ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK
(Black and White).
Films; page 27

Contributors

Written By:
Compton MacKenzie
Captain Paul Waggett:
Basil Radford
Mrs Waggett:
Catherine Lacey
Sergeant Odd:
Bruce Seaton
Peggy Macroon:
Joan Greenwood
Joseph Macroon:
Wylie Watson
Catriona Macroon:
Gabrtelle Blunt
George Campbell:
Gordon Jackson
Mrs Campbell:
Jean Cadell
Dr McLaren:
James Robertson Justice
The Biffer:
Morland Graham
Sammy MacC')drum:
John Gregson
Roderick MacBurie:
James Woodburn
Old Hector:
James Anderson
Constable Macrae:
Jameson Clark
Angus MacCormac:
Duncan MacRae

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