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Whisky Galore! (1949) was a Comedy - Black-and-white Film directed by Alexander Mackendrick and produced by Michael Balcon and Monja Danischewsky.

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Ealing Comedy #4: Whisky Galore! (Alexander Mackendrick, 1949)

By Virginie Pronovost on Dec 23, 2022 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

The journey across the Ealing comedies continues today with Whisky Galore!, a 1949 film that introduced two critical figures to these films: director Alexander Mackendrick and actress Joan Greenwood. By the way, I just discovered that Alexander Mackendrick also directed Sweet Smell of Success (1957)... Read full article

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Whisky Galore! Quotes:

Captain Paul Waggett: [Speaking about the islanders] They're so unsporting. They don't do things for the sake of doing them like the English. We play the game for the sake of the game. Other nations play the game for the sake of winning it.
Narrator: [describing the inhabitants of Todday as children run out of a cottage] A happy people, with few and simple pleasures.
Narrator: To the west, there is nothing. Except America.
Farquharson: My men are experts.
Captain Paul Waggett: So are the Todday people, at hiding whisky!
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Whisky Galore! Facts
Producer Monja Danischewsky originally wanted Charles Crichton to direct.
Another reason why the film was shot on location was because all the Ealing Studios were filled with other productions at the time.
Alexander Mackendrick later described his direction of the film as "amateurish".
Ironically, the making-of documentary featured on the DVD/Blu-ray editions, "Distilling Whisky", cost the same amount of money to make as the film itself - £121,000.
Shot on the island of Barra, which boasts Britain's most unique airport - the runway is the beach.
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