An American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal powered boat. Read more
| Starring | Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie |
|---|---|
| Director | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Genres | Comedy |
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An American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal powered boat.
| Starring | Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie |
|---|---|
| Director | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Sep 2004 Production year: 1954 |
Ostensibly, this most underestimated of Ealing comedies is a cross between Whisky Galore! and The Titfield Thunderbolt — a whimsical story about a crew of canny Clydebankers giving a brash American a torrid time after being assigned to carry his property aboard their clapped-out steamer. Don't be fooled, however, by the leisurely pace, the gentle humour and the relatively good-natured conclusion. This is a wicked little satire on the mutual contempt that underlies Euro-American relations, and few could have handled it with such incisive insight as American-born Scot, Alexander Mackendrick. The film's Ealingness somewhat draws the sting, but the overriding tone is still cruel rather than quaint.
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