Tight Little Island

Authority, and not the Germans, is the enemy in this Ealing comedy. During WW II an island community in the Outer Hebrides finds its whiskey stock has evaporated. Fate intervenes, stranding a cargo ship laden with the sought-after commodity just off shore. But water isn't the only thing keeping the islanders from the booze; the local Home Guard, commanded by priggish Englishman Radford, presents a much more bothersome obstacle. And because this treasure ship has arrived on the sabbath, the "pious" island folk must also wait 24 hours before undertaking to liberate the ship's hold. In the finest Ealing tradition of circumventing authority while satirically poking hol...