Inhabitants of the Hebridean isle of Toddaya resist the British government's plan to turn their island home into a missile base.Inhabitants of the Hebridean isle of Toddaya resist the British government's plan to turn their island home into a missile base.Inhabitants of the Hebridean isle of Toddaya resist the British government's plan to turn their island home into a missile base.
- Dr. Hamburger
- (as Carl Jaffé)
- Drooby
- (as Ronald Corbett)
- Bit Part
- (uncredited)
- Mumford
- (uncredited)
- Self
- (uncredited)
- Self
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOf the original cast of Whisky Galore! (1949), only Catherine Lacey, Jean Cadell, Duncan MaCrae and Gordon Jackson reprised their original roles.
- GoofsHugh (Donald Sinden) is standing with his back against the prom railings when a wave breaks on the rocks below and he gets splashes on the front of his jacket.
- Quotes
[voiceover introduction]
Narrator: Ah, here we are on the isle of Todday. If you want to look for it on your map, you'll find it out in the Atlantic Ocean, just about as far to the west of Scotland as you can go without losing your nationality. Mind you, Todday is no an ordinary island. Och no. For during the last war it became quite historical. Just when the people of Todday were dying for lack of their staple diet, something happened that was in the nature of a miracle. Meaning no disrespect. Right over there on that rock, one foggy night, a ship foundered carrying 50,000 cases of whisky. Aye, 50,000 cases of free whisky. Oh, but that was some years ago now. And there you have the sad side of the story. Nothing lasts forever. It was a case of hail and farewell.
[shot of a huge pile of empty bottles and wooden boxes]
Narrator: You might say it was *many* cases of hail and farewell.
- ConnectionsFollows Whisky Galore! (1949)
This is a fairly pleasant film, a light comedy that's easy on the eyes and ears. Not a terribly deep or unusual plot; yet another variation on We'll Band Together and Preserve Our Little Rustic Paradise Against the Modernist Interlopers and of course, Let's Get The Kids Involved. Some quite nice scenery at times, and the singing isn't of a grating quality. (Okay, some it's actually pretty good.) Not a great movie, but it's agreeable enough. Technically, it's pretty good for something shot in the late 1950s.
There are some funny characters in it (I particularly liked the policeman for some reason) and it does have that folksy/Scottish flavour to it -- I guess I like hearing the accents.
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- Also known as
- Mad Little Island
- Filming locations
- Barra, Western Isles, Scotland, UK(Isle of Todday)
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1