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Rockets Galore( 1958)

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Remember "Whisky Galore"? The Islanders of TODDAY are now preparing to give the Government a swift kick in its rocket base!

Overview

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.

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      Donald Sinden

      Hugh Mander

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      Jeannie Carson

      Janet Macleod

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      Roland Culver

      Capt Waggett

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      Catherine Lacey

      Mrs Waggett

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      Noel Purcell

      Father James

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      Ian Hunter

      Air Commodore Watchorn

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      Duncan Macrae

      Duncan Ban

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      Gordon Jackson

      George Campbell

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      Jean Cadell

      Mrs Campbell

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      Alex Mackenzie

      Joseph Macleod

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      Carl Jaffe

      Dr Hamburger

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      Nicholas Phipps

      Andrew Wishart

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      Ronnie Corbett

      Drooby

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      James Copeland

      Kenny Mcleod

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      John Stevenson Lang

      Reverend Angus

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      Reginald Beckwith

      Mumford

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      Arthur Howard

      Meeching

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      John Laurie

      Capt. MacKechnie

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      Jack Short

      Roderick

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      Peter Copley

      Scientist

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      Jameson Clark

      Constable Macrae

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      Finlay Currie

      Narrator (uncredited)

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      Basil Dignam

      R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    6
    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Oct 19 2023
    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 en...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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