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Whisky Galore!
UNITED STATES · 1949

Whisky Galore!

Alexander Mackendrick
shipwreck smuggling wartime resourcefulness Scottish island life whisky
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Synopsis

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

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