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2024
“Remember "Whisky Galore"? The Islanders of TODDAY are now preparing to give the Government a swift kick in its rocket base!”
Rockets Galore (1958)
October 19, 19581h 34mEN
6.0
6 votes
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.
Director
Michael RelphWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Gaelic
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
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CinemaSerf
6.0It'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 e…
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