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.

Genres

Cast

Basil Radford

Captain Paul Waggett

Bruce Seton

Sergeant Odd

Gordon Jackson

George Campbell

Wylie Watson

Joseph Macroon

Morland Graham

The Biffer

John Gregson

Sammy MacCodrun

Joan Greenwood

Peggy Macroon

Catherine Lacey

Mrs. Waggett

Jean Cadell

Mrs. Campbell

James Robertson Justice

Dr. Maclaren

Jameson Clark

Constable Macrae

Duncan Macrae

Angus MacCormac