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.
Directing | Alexander Mackendrick | Director |
Writing | Angus MacPhail | Screenplay |
Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
Sound | Ernest Irving | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Novel |
Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Screenplay |
Production | Monja Danischewsky | Associate Producer |
Camera | Gerald Gibbs | Director of Photography |
Art | Jim Morahan | Art Direction |
Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
Camera | Chic Waterson | Camera Operator |
Editing | Joseph Sterling | Editor |
Production | L. C. Rudkin | Unit Production Manager |
Sound | Leonard Bulkley | Sound Recordist |
Directing | Harry Kratz | Assistant Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
Directing | Marjorie Owens | Continuity |
Crew | Geoffrey Dickinson | Special Effects |
Crew | Sydney Pearson | Special Effects |
Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound Supervisor |
Camera | Hal Britten | Camera Operator |
Camera | Roy Gough | Still Photographer |