Rockets Galore (1958)
October 19, 1958Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Jeannie Carson
Janet Macleod
Donald Sinden
Hugh Mander
Catherine Lacey
Mrs Waggett
Roland Culver
Capt. Waggett
Noel Purcell
Father James
Michael Relph
Director
Ian Hunter
Air Commodore Watchorn
Duncan Macrae
Duncan Ban
Compton MacKenzie
Writer
Gordon Jackson
George Campbell
Monja Danischewsky
Writer
Jean Cadell
Mrs Campbell
Basil Dearden
Producer
Alex Mackenzie
Joseph Macleod
Cedric Thorpe Davie
Composer
Carl Jaffe
Dr Hamburger
Reginald H. Wyer
Cinematographer
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
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 19, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
Rockets Galore! is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Michael Relph and starring Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden and Roland Culver. The sequel to Whisky Galore!, it was much less successful than its predecessor.
It was based on the novel of the same title by Compton Mackenzie.
In terms of the film's relationship to Whisky Galore, Gordon Jackson, Jean Cadell and Catherine Lacey take their same roles. Ronnie Corbett appears as 'Drooby', with cameo appearances by Richard Dimbleby, Michael Foot and Robert Boothby. It was made at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director Jack Maxsted.
Although not a true sequel to Whisky Galore!, many of that film's locations at Castlebay and on the island of Barra were utilised again and many of the characters returned, but often played by different performers. The film was released in America as Mad Little Island.