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.
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 63%.
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