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Feature film — 2016

Whisky Galore (2016)

5.91h 38mRomance — Comedy

The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. When cargo ship the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground the shrewd islanders run rings around the buffoonish English Home Guard commander Captain Waggett and conspire to hide away cases of the precious amber nectar.

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Director: Gillies MacKinnon

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Cast & crew

Gregor Fisher as Macroon

Gregor Fisher

Macroon

Suzy Eddie Izzard as Captain Wagget

Suzy Eddie Izzard

Captain Wagget

Naomi Battrick as Peggy Macroon

Naomi Battrick

Peggy Macroon

Ellie Kendrick as Catriona Macroon

Ellie Kendrick

Catriona Macroon

Sean Biggerstaff as Sergeant Odd

Sean Biggerstaff

Sergeant Odd

Kevin Guthrie as George Campbell

Kevin Guthrie

George Campbell

James Cosmo as Macalister the Minister

James Cosmo

Macalister the Minister

Fenella Woolgar as Dolly Waggett

Fenella Woolgar

Dolly Waggett

Michael Nardone as Brown

Michael Nardone

Brown

John Sessions as Doctor McLaren

John Sessions

Doctor McLaren

Brian Pettifer as Angus

Brian Pettifer

Angus

Iain Robertson as Sammy

Iain Robertson

Sammy