Whisky Galore

[mookien]

I just sat here and watched the movie ... I loved! Now I'll be finding the book to further explore the story. Thanks for the introduction!

Let us know how you like the book. It can be found in a trilogy of Compton MacKenzie novels entitled "The Highland Omnibus" that includes "The Monarch of the Glen", "Whisky Galore", and "The Rival Monster". They are all a lot of fun.

[Jack Daw]

Which do you prefer? It may be an unfair question, since they were made over a half century apart. Notwithstanding the modern production quality of MOTG, I enjoyed it much more than the movie. In fact it is one of my favorite TV series along with "All Creatures Great and Small".

Oh, I love the old movies better, as long as the dialogue isn't too melodramatic and campy. I recommend "I Know Where I'm Going". And last evening, I watched "The Captive Heart (1946)" as it was also on YouTube in the right frame when I saved 'WG'. Gordon Jackson makes an appearance as an A&SH prisoner of war of the Germans (ein Kriegsgefangene), and wears his badger mask sporran in a flashback scene. Excellent movies!

[mookien]

Oh, I love the old movies better, as long as the dialogue isn't too melodramatic and campy. I recommend "I Know Where I'm Going". And last evening, I watched "The Captive Heart (1946)" as it was also on YouTube in the right frame when I saved 'WG'. Gordon Jackson makes an appearance as an A&SH prisoner of war of the Germans (ein Kriegsgefangene), and wears his badger mask sporran in a flashback scene. Excellent movies!

Thanks for the recommendation. I just put "The Captive Heart" on my Netflix queue.

[LandRover]

Thank you for the "heads-up" ... I've got my favourite used-book-store looking for me, and I'm searching eBay ... I'll look for the series instead of the single story. I'm looking forward to reading these.

Let us know how you like the book. It can be found in a trilogy of Compton MacKenzie novels entitled "The Highland Omnibus" that includes "The Monarch of the Glen", "Whisky Galore", and "The Rival Monster". They are all a lot of fun.

[mookien]

Thank you for the "heads-up" ... I've got my favourite used-book-store looking for me, and I'm searching eBay ... I'll look for the series instead of the single story. I'm looking forward to reading these.

You might try Abe Books, too. They are a web-based "bookstore" with independent dealers all over the world.

[LandRover]

You might try Abe Books, too. They are a web-based "bookstore" with independent dealers all over the world.

Found and book-marked ... thank you!

[chrisupyonder]

If you like the above then if you come accross The Tales of Para Handy TV series 1994 - 1995. There were only 9 episodes made written by Neil Munro.

Worth a watch.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155450/

Chris.

[mookien]

If you like the above then if you come accross The Tales of Para Handy TV series 1994 - 1995. ...

Chris: Thanks for the recommendation. While it has an entry in IMDB, Netflix doesn't seem to carry it, and Amazon only has the book. Do you know any other possible sources?

John