UK,
1949, 82 min
Directed by:
Alexander MackendrickCinematography:
Gerald GibbsComposer:
Ernest IrvingCast:
Basil Radford, Gordon Jackson, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, James Robertson Justice, Joan Greenwood, John Gregson, Henry Mollison, Finlay Currie (more)VOD (1)
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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. (official distributor synopsis)
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