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Whisky Galore! Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Apr. 13, 2017

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Whisky Galore!

Release Date: Friday, May 12, 2017 New York / Los Angeles

Eddie Izzard, Gregor Fisher, James Cosmo, Kevin Guthrie, Naomi Battrick, Gillies Mackinnon, Ellie Kendrick, Peter McDougall, Sean Biggerstaff

NR Comedy 1 hr, 38 m

  • 3.3

83%

17%

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Plot
In 1943, the people of the isolated Scottish island of Todday are largely unaffected by wartime rationing, until their supply of whisky runs out. In the midst of this catastrophe, Sergeant Odd returns on leave to court Peggy Macroon, the daughter of the local shopkeeper. Meanwhile, her sister Catriona has just become engaged to meek schoolteacher George Campbell, although his stern, domineering mother refuses to give her approval. During a storm, the freighter S.S. Cabinet Minister runs aground near Todday and begins to sink. Two local inhabitants investigate and learn from its departing crew that the cargo consists of 50,000 cases of whisky. A battle of wits ensues between the stuffy English commander Wagget, who wants to confiscate the salvaged cargo, and the islanders.
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The film's director Gillies Mackinnon last directed The Last Bus.

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MPA Rating
NR Not Rated
Runtime
1 hr, 38 m
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Language
English

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Whisky Galore! was released in New York / Los Angeles on Friday, May 12, 2017. There were 15 other movies released on the same date, including King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Snatched and Lowriders.



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Thu., Apr. 13, 2017

  • Set film release to New York / Los Angeles

  • Added a running time of 98 minutes

  • Set the MPAA rating to NR

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