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  2. Whisky Galore! (1949 film) - Wikipedia

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    Whisky Galore! is a 1949 British comedy film produced by Ealing Studios, starring Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. It was the directorial debut of Alexander Mackendrick; the screenplay was by Compton Mackenzie, an adaptation of his 1947 novel Whisky Galore, and Angus MacPhail. The story—based on a true event, the ...

  3. Ealing comedies - Wikipedia

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    For the film, see Ealing Comedy (film). The Ealing comedies is an informal name for a series of comedy films produced by the London-based Ealing Studios during a ten-year period from 1947 to 1957. Often considered to reflect Britain's post-war spirit, [ 1 ][ 2 ] the most celebrated films in the sequence include Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949 ...

  4. SS Politician - Wikipedia

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    Bottles of whisky have been raised from the seabed by divers, and some have been found in hiding places on Eriskay; these have been auctioned. The story of the wreck and looting was the basis for the book Whisky Galore; an adaptation was released as a film in 1949 and a remake in 2016.

  5. Whisky Galore! (2016 film) - Wikipedia

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    Whisky Galore! is a 2016 British film, a remake of the 1949 Ealing Comedy of the same name, itself based on the novel of the same name by Compton Mackenzie.It was directed by Gillies MacKinnon and stars Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, Sean Biggerstaff and Naomi Battrick.

  6. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Wikipedia

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    Kind Hearts and Coronets was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best British Film, alongside Passport to Pimlico and Whisky Galore!, although they lost to The Third Man (1949). [35] The film was screened as one of Britain's entries to the 10th Venice International Film Festival; William Kellner won an award for Best Production ...

  7. Alexander Mackendrick - Wikipedia

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    Relatives. Roger MacDougall (cousin) [ 1 ] Alexander Mackendrick (September 8, 1912 – December 22, 1993) was an American-born Scottish [ 2 ] film director and screenwriter. He directed nine feature films between 1949 and 1967, before retiring from filmmaking to become an influential professor at the California Institute of the Arts.

  8. Gordon Jackson (actor) - Wikipedia

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    Jackson soon appeared in other films, including Millions Like Us, San Demetrio London, The Captive Heart, Eureka Stockade and Whisky Galore!. In the early years of his career, Jackson also worked in repertory theatre in Glasgow, Worthing and Perth. In 1949, he starred in the film Floodtide, along with actress Rona Anderson. He and Anderson ...

  9. Compton Mackenzie - Wikipedia

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    Whisky Galore (1947), filmed in 1948 as Whisky Galore! Hunting the Fairies (1949) The Rival Monster (1952) Ben Nevis Goes East (1954) Thin Ice (1956) Rockets Galore (1957), a sequel, filmed in 1958 as Rockets Galore! The Lunatic Republic (1959) Mezzotint (1961) The Stolen Soprano (1965) Paper Lives (1966), a sequel to The Red Tapeworm

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