Released:
1949-06-16

Overview:
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.

Director:
Alexander Mackendrick

Runtime:
1h 22min

Genre:
Comedy, Crime

• Cast:
• 
  Basil Radford
  as
  Captain Paul Waggett
• 
  Bruce Seton
  as
  Sergeant Odd
• 
  Gordon Jackson
  as
  George Campbell
• 
  Wylie Watson
  as
  Joseph Macroon
• 
  Morland Graham
  as
  The Biffer