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Whisky Galore

Where:

Scotland

When:

The 1940s

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.

Released in 2016 — 98 minutes

Genres:

Romance Comedy

Language:

English