Who wrote the book Whisky Galore in 1947?
Whisky Galore (novel) A Pint at Òran Mór co-production titled "Uisge-Beatha Gu Leòr" in 2015. Whisky Galore (novel) Whisky Galore is a novel written by Compton Mackenzie, published in 1947. It was adapted for the cinema under the title "Whisky Galore!". During the Second World War, the cargo vessel "S.S. Cabinet Minister" is wrecked off a remote fictional Scottish island group — Great Todday and Little Todday — with fifty thousand cases of whisky aboard. Due to wartime rationing, the thirsty islanders had nearly run out of the "water of life" and see this as an unexpected godsend. They manage to salvage several
Whisky Galore! (1949 film) first to achieve box office success. For Crowther, "the charm and distinction of this film reside in the wonderfully dry way it spins a deliciously wet tale". "Whisky Galore!" was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best British Film, alongside "Passport to Pimlico" and "Kind Hearts and Coronets", although they lost to "The Third Man" (1949). In 1958, "Rockets Galore", Mackenzie's sequel to "Whiskey Galore", was adapted and filmed as "Rockets Galore!", directed by Michael Relph. Danischewsky provided the screenplay, and several of the personnel who filmed "Whisky Galore!" also worked on "Rockets Galore!" "Whisky Galore!" had an