Whisky Galore! is a 1949 British comedy film produced by Ealing Studios, starring Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. It was the directorial debut of Alexander Mackendrick; the screenplay was by Compton Mackenzie, an adaptation of his 1947 novel Whisky Galore, and Angus MacPhail. The story—based on a true event, the running aground of the SS Politician—concerns a shipwreck off a fictional Scottish island, the inhabitants of which have run out of whisky because of wartime rationing. The islanders find out the ship is carrying 50,000 cases of whisky, some of which they salvage, against the opposition of the local Customs and Excise men.
Whisky Galore! has generally received positive reviews.
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Whisky Galore! was released in 1949 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 53 reviews, giving Whisky Galore! (1949) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 93%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 82%. Professional critics were more impressed with Whisky Galore! than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 74%, Whisky Galore! is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1949, which stands at 62%.
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