Skotska öbor försöker med alla medel plundra ett skepp lastat med 50 000 lådor whisky som har gått på grund strax utanför deras hem. Men kapten Waggett från hemvärnet gör allt för att stoppa dem.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Writers: Compton MacKenzie (from the novel by), Compton MacKenzie
Stars: Naomi Battrick, Sean Biggerstaff, James Cosmo
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.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Writers: Compton MacKenzie (from the novel by), Compton MacKenzie
Stars: Naomi Battrick, Sean Biggerstaff, James Cosmo
Skotske øyboere prøver med alle midler å rane et skip som er lastet med 50.000 esker med whisky som har gått på grunn rett utenfor hjemmet deres. Men kaptein Waggett fra heimevernet gjør alt for å stoppe dem.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Writers: Compton MacKenzie (from the novel by), Compton MacKenzie
Stars: Naomi Battrick, Sean Biggerstaff, James Cosmo