Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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- TriviaAmerican censors of the day insisted on a coda being inserted at the end of the film stating that the stolen whisky brought nothing but unhappiness to the islanders, although in real life quite the opposite was true.
- GoofsHad there really been whisky (or anything except air) in those wooden crates piled as high as a person on the rowboats the villagers use to loot the cargo ship, those boats would have capsized or sunk by the sheer weight of the crates.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: By a strange coincidence the S.S. Cabinet Minister was wrecked off the Island of Todday [in the movie] two years after the S.S. Politician, with a similar cargo, was wrecked [in real life] off the Island of Eriskay. But the coincidence stops there, for our story and the characters in it are pure fiction.
- SoundtracksBrochan Lom, Tana Lom
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung when the whisky is first being shared out
Featured review
Whisky Galore AKA Tight Little Island is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Alexander MacKendrick did a fantastic job in bringing Compton MacKenzie's book Whisky Galore to the big screen. MacKendrick keeps the pace going with plot twists that would cause one to "bust a gut." If you are looking for a truly enjoyable movie to lighten your mood, Whisky Galore is a must.
- Bill Hutchinson
- Sep 23, 2001
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $11,444
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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