Whisky Galore!
Year:
1949
Production Country:
Great Britain
Comedy 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.
Cast & credits
Cast
- [Narrator] Finlay Currie
- Captain Paul Waggett, the English Basil Radford
- Mrs Waggett, the English Catherine Lacey
- Sergeant Odd, the English Bruce Seton
- Peggy Macroon, the Islanders Joan Greenwood
- Joseph Macroon, the Islanders Wylie Watson
- Catriona Macroon, the Islanders Gabrielle Blunt
- George Campbell, the Islanders Gordon Jackson
- Mrs Campbell, the Islanders Jean Cadell
- Dr MacLaren, the Islanders James Robertson Justice
- the biffer, the Islanders Morland Graham
- Sammy MacCodrun, the Islanders John Gregson
- Roderick MacRurie, the Islanders James Woodburn
- old Hector, the Islanders James Anderson
- Constable Macrae, the Islanders Jameson Clark
- Angus MacCormac, the Islanders Duncan Macrae
- Mrs MacCormac, the Islanders Mary Macneil
- Captain MacPhee, the Islanders Norman Macowan
- Captain MacKechnie, the Islanders Alastair Hunter
- Farquharson Henry Mollison
- first mate Frank Webster
- Captain Buncher Compton Mackenzie
- [exciseman] John Haggerty
- [Colonel Lindsey-Woolsey] A.E. Matthews
Credits
Direction
- Director Alexander Mackendrick
- [Co-director] Charles Crichton
- [2nd Unit Director] Charles Crichton
- Assistant Director Harry Kratz
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] John Meadows
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Richmond Harding
- Continuity Marjorie Owens
Production
- Production Company Ealing Studios
- Producer Michael Balcon
- Associate Producer Monja Danischewsky
- Unit Production Manager L.C. Rudkin
- [Studio Manager/Technical Supervisor] Baynham Honri
- Production Supervisor Hal Mason
- [Production Secretary] Isobel Hatfield
Casting
- Crowd and Small Parts Casting Muriel Cole
Writing
- Screenplay Compton Mackenzie
- Screenplay Angus Macphail
- Based on the novel by Compton Mackenzie
Photography
- Director of Photography Gerald Gibbs
- [Director of Photography] Jo Jago
- [Director of Photography] Douglas Slocombe
- [Director of Photography (2nd Unit)] Harry Gillam
- Camera Operator Chic Waterson
- [Camera Operator (2nd Unit)] Hal Britten
- [Focus Puller] Herbert Smith
- [Clapper Loader] Ken Westbury
Stills
- [Stills Supervisor] Jack Dooley
- [Stills] Roy Gough
Special Effects
- Special Effects Geoffrey Dickinson
- Special Effects Syd Pearson
Editing
- Editor Joseph Sterling
- [Editor] Charles Crichton
- [Assistant Editor] R. Dick
- [Assistant Editor] Robert Winter
- [assistant editor (2nd)] Roy Baker
Design
- Art Director Jim Morahan
- [Draughtsman] Bert Davey
- [Draughtsman] R. Hopkin
- [Draughtsman] Norman Dorme
- [Draughtsman] R. Thurgarland
Costumes
- Wardrobe Supervisor Anthony Mendleson
- [Wardrobe Master] F. Birch
Make-up
- [Make-up Supervisor] Ernest Taylor
- [Make-up] Brian Bishop
- [Hairdressing Supervisor] Barbara Barnard
- [Hairdresser] Joan Loader
Music
- Music/Music Conductor Ernest Irving
- Music Performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra
Sound
- Sound Supervisor Stephen Dalby
- Sound Recording Len Bulkley
- [Boom Operator] Michael Stoll