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Whisky Galore (Single Disc) [1949]
from Optimum Releasing
starring Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• A witty and influential film
  I've only seen this film once, and I have no doubt that when I watch it again it will only improve. Previous reviewers who have given the film 5 stars may well be right.
  It concerns the shortage of Whisky on a Scottish Island. Fortunately a boat containing 50,000 bottles runs aground and a plot is hatched to steal the liqeur from the boat. Opposed to this plan is a local Home Guard Captain, Waggett (wonderfully played by Basil Radford). He is somewhat officious and does everthing in his power to thwart... more info

• Super
  Whisky Galore is a really great film from 1949. Funny and moving. This is a good transfer to DVD and so a really good buy!

• Amateur Dram Antics!
  Actually, it's all very professional. A gentle comedy about some Scottish islanders who, after weeks without whisky, suddenly find that a ship laden with the stuff, has foundered in their waters. Needless to say, there is high jinks in rescuing (and secreting) the precious cargo on the island of Todday before the Customs, or the officious Captain of the Home Guard, can do anything about it. The casting is first-class, with loads of eccentric locals proving to be more than a match for the outsiders. There... more info

• A classic.
  Sir Compton McKenzie got the inspiration for his book from a real life event.
  This is a film I have seen many times and I have read the book. It was lovely to get the DVD and see the extras. It had to be retitled for the American anti-alcohol lobby and the ending had to be altered to show that the Islanders gained no benefit from stealing all that Whisky.
  I seem to recall that the times I have watched it before, the ending was different, or perhaps I am confusing it with the book.
  The... more info

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