Rockets Galore
Remember "Whisky Galore"? The Islanders of TODDAY are now preparing to give the Government a swift kick in its rocket base!
1958 | 94m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Michael Relph |
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| Writer: | Monja Danischewsky, Compton MacKenzie |
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| The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 19, 1958 |
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| Director: | Michael Relph |
| Writer: | Monja Danischewsky, Compton MacKenzie |
| Genres: | Comedy |
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| Production Companies | The Rank Organisation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Donald Sinden | Hugh Mander |
| Jeannie Carson | Janet Macleod |
| Roland Culver | Capt Waggett |
| Catherine Lacey | Mrs Waggett |
| Noel Purcell | Father James |
| Ian Hunter | Air Commodore Watchorn |
| Duncan Macrae | Duncan Ban |
| Gordon Jackson | George Campbell |
| Jean Cadell | Mrs Campbell |
| Alex Mackenzie | Joseph Macleod |
| Carl Jaffe | Dr Hamburger |
| Nicholas Phipps | Andrew Wishart |
| Ronnie Corbett | Drooby |
| James Copeland | Kenny Mcleod |
| John Stevenson Lang | Reverend Angus |
| Reginald Beckwith | Mumford |
| Arthur Howard | Meeching |
| John Laurie | Capt. MacKechnie |
| Jack Short | Roderick |
| Peter Copley | Scientist |
| Jameson Clark | Constable Macrae |
| Finlay Currie | Narrator (uncredited) |
| Basil Dignam | R.A.F. Officer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Relph | Director |
| Cedric Thorpe Davie | Original Music Composer |
| Yvonne Caffin | Costume Design |
| R.L. Alexander | Makeup Artist |
| Jack Hanbury | Production Manager |
| Bert Batt | Assistant Director |
| Arthur Cox | Sound Editor |
| Muir Mathieson | Music Director |
| Mike Fox | Clapper Loader |
| Reginald H. Wyer | Director of Photography |
| Jack Maxsted | Art Direction |
| Monja Danischewsky | Writer |
| Compton MacKenzie | Novel |
| John D. Guthridge | Editor |
| Name | Title |
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| Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
| Basil Dearden | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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It's completely silly, and very "British", but I rather enjoyed this daft caper about the inhabitants of the tiny island of "Todday" who resist Government plans to militarise their homeland. It is clearly intended as a sequel to "Whisky Galore" with a few of the same characters rallying to the cause ... . Like many of Compton Mackenzie's stories, it is quirkily put together offering us loads of characters with idio(t)synchracies that raise a smile rather than a guffaw. Donald Sinden is completely lost here, though. His typically theatrical style of acting drags this down from an otherwise, gently entertaining base. The rest of the cast - Gordon Jackson, Noel Purcell and Duncan Macrae help to pepper the slightly dull script with some charismatic nostalgia for the first film, and demonstrate the feistiness and independence of these Scottish islanders who want no law but their own... It is fun, maybe not great, but still enjoyable.