• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1949-06-16
  • Runtime82 minutes
  • TaglineNot Available
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreComedy, Crime
  • Production
    CompaniesEaling Studios, General Film Distributors
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie 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.

Casts

Basil Radford

Bruce Seton

Gordon Jackson

Wylie Watson

Morland Graham

John Gregson

Joan Greenwood

Catherine Lacey

Jean Cadell

James Robertson Justice

Jameson Clark

Duncan Macrae

Norman MacOwan

Alastair Hunter

Henry Mollison