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Top Foreign Films | 1950
Best British Film | 1950
American censors of the day insisted on a coda being inserted at the end of the film stating that the stolen whisky brought nothing but unhappiness to the islanders, although in real life quite the opposite was true.
The story is based on a real-life incident that occurred in 1941 on the Hebridean island of Eriskay when the SS Politician ran aground. The tale of how a group of local Scottish islanders raided a shipwreck for its consignment of 24,000 cases of whisky quickly became legend. What's less well reported is the fact that the ship was also carrying a sizeable amount of hard cash. According to official files recently released by the Home Office, there were nearly 290,000 10-shilling notes on board as well (the equivalent of several million pounds in today's currency), not all of which was ever recovered.
In the US, the novel and film were titled "Tight Little Island," as there was a ban at the time on using names of alcoholic drinks in titles.
James Thurber suggested that the film be called "Scotch on the Rocks".
Eight bottles of whisky were recovered in 1987 by Donald MacPhee of South Uist when he explored the wreck. He sold them at auction at Christie's for a total of £4,000.
"Narrator: To the west, there is nothing. Except America."
"Captain Paul Waggett: I want to speak to your son George. Mrs Campbell: George is in his bedroom. Captain Paul Waggett: Oh, not ill, I hope. Mrs Campbell: He's locked in his bedroom with his Bible and some bread and cheese, and he'll not be out until tomorra' mornin'. Captain Paul Waggett: I never heard of anything so preposterous! Mrs Campbell: Did you ever hear of the Fourth Commandment? Captain Paul Waggett: Of course, I have! Mrs Campbell: Remember the... Captain Paul Waggett: You needn't repeat it. I learned the Commandment years ago. Mrs Campbell: More shame to you then that yeh should lead my son away from righteousness. Captain Paul Waggett: Mrs. Campbell, at this very moment our troops are fighting in North Africa. The Germans don't stop fighting on Sunday, so how can we? Mrs Campbell: What the Germans do, Mr. Waggett, is on their own conscience, and Toddy is not in North Africa, so there's no need to bring the heathens into it. I've been told that there are cannibals in Africa, but no one is going to persuade my son to eat human flesh. Captain Paul Waggett: No one's asking your son to eat human flesh! Mrs Campbell: Not yet! Captain Paul Waggett: I insist on speaking to George himself! Mrs Campbell: You could go down on your bended kness, amd I'll not let you speak to George! Captain Paul Waggett: I certainly shall not do that! Mrs Campbell: [Contemptuously] Hah! [Turns and closes the door]"
