Whisky galore by compton mackenzie6/2/2023 ![]() The shipwreck happened in the middle of World War II when the islands’ supplies of whisky had dried up due to war-time rationing. Whisky Galore is based on the true story of the looting of the SS Politician, an 8000-tonne cargo ship bound for Jamaica and the USA which left Liverpool in February 1941 laden with 250,000 bottles of whisky and shipwrecked off the coast of Eriskay, in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. The film, which became a worldwide hit, was particularly acclaimed in Scotland where it is still considered as a classic. Wrecked ships and appropriation of lost cargoes are a common theme among all the Celtic nations. ![]() ![]() The story relates the looting of the wrecked SS Politician off the Isle of Eriskay in 1941 with a cargo of 250,000 bottles of Scotch Whisky. Whisky Galore!, released in the USA under the name Tight Little Island, is the name of a comedy film and a book written by Scottish writer Compton Mackenzie. ![]() ![]() One of Scotland’s all-time favourite films, Whisky Galore is based upon a true story: the unauthorised salvage of over 20,000 cases of whisky from a wrecked ship and the failed attempts by the authorities to recover the missing cargo. ![]()
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