Monday, May 21, 2012

Tight Little Island (aka Whisky Galore) (1949)
Syracuse Cinephile Society

Price: $3.50 non-members, $3 members
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. Cast includes Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Bruce Seton, Gordon Jackson, Wylie Watson, James Robertson Justice, Catherine Lacey.

Gentle and timeless Ealing comedy finds the inhabitants of a remote Scottish isle attempt to recover the contents of a sinking whisky-laden ship. Compton Mackenzie based his original novel on a true incident, and also makes a cameo appearance in the film as the Captain of the doomed vessel.