Cast: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson. From the novel by Compton Mackenzie. Videodisc release of the 1948 motion picture. Special feature: Introduction to each film by George Perry, author of "Forever Ealing." Some copies issued in box set, with title: Ealing Studios Comedy Collection.
Summary:
When an English ship runs aground with 50,000 cases of whisky on a tiny Scottish island, the temptation proves too great for its thrifty, God-fearing population, developing into a battle of wits between the canny Scots and the English customs inspector.
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