Rockets Galore (1958)

Rockets Galore! (released as Mad Little Island in the U.S.) is a 1957 comedy film sequel to Whisky Galore! It was much less successful than its predecessor.

It was directed by Michael Relph and based on the novel by Compton Mackenzie. It stars Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden and Roland Culver, while Gordon Jackson, Jean Cadell and Catherine Lacey reprise their roles from the previous film. Ronnie Corbett appears as 'Drooby', with cameo appearances by Richard Dimbleby, Michael Foot and Lord Robert Boothby.

Although not a true sequel to 'Whisky Galore', many of the locations were re-used on the island of Barra and many of the characters returned, but often played by different actors and actresses.

Synopsis

In the cold-war era of post-WW2 Britain, the government decides to establish a guided missile base on the Hebridean isle of Todday. The inhabitants are not happy with this disruption of their way of life, and hamper construction as much as they can.

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