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.
Basil Radford
as Captain Paul Waggett
Bruce Seton
as Sergeant Odd
Gordon Jackson
as George Campbell
Wylie Watson
as Joseph Macroon
Morland Graham
as The Biffer
John Gregson
as Sammy MacCodrun
Joan Greenwood
as Peggy Macroon
Gabrielle Blunt
as Catriona Macroon
Catherine Lacey
as Mrs. Waggett
Jean Cadell
as Mrs. Campbell
James Robertson Justice
as Dr. Maclaren
James Woodburn
as Roderick MacRurie
