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.
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Screenplay |
| Directing | Alexander Mackendrick | Director |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Writing | Angus MacPhail | Screenplay |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Novel |
| Art | Jim Morahan | Art Direction |
| Production | L. C. Rudkin | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Sydney Pearson | Special Effects |
| Production | Monja Danischewsky | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Geoffrey Dickinson | Special Effects |
| Sound | Leonard Bulkley | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Camera | Gerald Gibbs | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Chic Waterson | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Marjorie Owens | Continuity |
| Editing | Joseph Sterling | Editor |
| Directing | Harry Kratz | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
| Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound Supervisor |
| Camera | Roy Gough | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Hal Britten | Camera Operator |
