Summary
Comedy starring Ronald Squire and Kathleen Ryan. When five Scotsmen from a tiny island in the Hebrides refuse to pay their road tax, the men from the ministry are promptly dispatched north to sort out the problem.
Laxdale Hall
- Comedy
- Romance
- 1953
- John Eldridge
- 73 mins
- U
Review
The huge success of director Alexander Mackendrick's Whisky Galore! meant it was inevitable that film-makers would cast around for more stories of wily Scots running rings around the stiff-necked English. However, lightning didn't strike twice and this tale of the battle between Whitehall and a tiny Hebridean island, whose inhabitants won't pay a hated road tax, lacks the magic sparkle of Mackendrick's classic. Look out for Fulton Mackay of TV sitcom Porridge fame in an early role.
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Credits
Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| General Matheson | Ronald Squire |
| Catriona Matheson | Kathleen Ryan |
| Samuel Pettigrew MP | Raymond Huntley |
| Hugh Marvell MP | Sebastian Shaw |
| Andrew Flett | Fulton Mackay |
| Lucy Pettigrew | Jean Colin |
| Roderick McLeod | Jameson Clark |
| Morag McLeod | Prunella Scales |
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | John Eldridge |
Details
- Theatrical distributor
- Group 3 Ltd
- Languages
- English
- Available on
- DVD
- Formats
- Black and white
