Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.
Unfortunately the movie Whisky Galore! is not yet available on HBO Max.
Writing | Angus MacPhail | Screenplay |
Directing | Alexander Mackendrick | Director |
Sound | Ernest Irving | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Novel |
Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Screenplay |
Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
Production | Monja Danischewsky | Associate Producer |
Crew | Geoffrey Dickinson | Special Effects |
Camera | Chic Waterson | Camera Operator |
Editing | Joseph Sterling | Editor |
Camera | Gerald Gibbs | Director of Photography |
Directing | Marjorie Owens | Continuity |
Art | Jim Morahan | Art Direction |
Sound | Leonard Bulkley | Sound Recordist |
Crew | Sydney Pearson | Special Effects |
Production | L. C. Rudkin | Unit Production Manager |
Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
Directing | Harry Kratz | Assistant Director |
Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound Supervisor |
Camera | Hal Britten | Camera Operator |
Camera | Roy Gough | Still Photographer |