Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.
| Directing | Alexander Mackendrick | Director |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Novel |
| Writing | Angus MacPhail | Screenplay |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Screenplay |
| Art | Jim Morahan | Art Direction |
| Crew | Sydney Pearson | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
| Camera | Gerald Gibbs | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Joseph Sterling | Editor |
| Sound | Leonard Bulkley | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Monja Danischewsky | Associate Producer |
| Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Geoffrey Dickinson | Special Effects |
| Production | L. C. Rudkin | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Harry Kratz | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marjorie Owens | Continuity |
| Camera | Chic Waterson | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound Supervisor |
| Camera | Roy Gough | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Hal Britten | Camera Operator |
