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