• Rockets Galore! (U.S. title: Mad Little Island) is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Michael Relph and starring Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden and...
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  • lost to The Third Man (1949). Rockets Galore, Mackenzie's sequel to Whisky Galore, was adapted and filmed as Rockets Galore! in 1958, with direction from...
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  • Whisky Galore is a novel written by the Scottish author Compton Mackenzie. It was published in 1947. It was adapted for the cinema under the title Whisky...
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    Crackerjack and The Saint, and appeared in the films You're Only Young Twice, Rockets Galore!, Casino Royale, Some Will, Some Won't, and No Sex Please, We're British...
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  • Rockets Galore is a 1957 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It is the sequel to his 1947 novel Whisky Galore, and sees the inhabitants...
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    Hydra 70 (redirect from Hydra rocket)
    family of folding-fin aerial rockets also includes smoke screening, illumination, and training warheads. Hydra 70 rockets are known mainly by either their...
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  • Whisky Galore! is a 2016 British film, a remake of the 1949 Ealing Comedy of the same name, itself based on the novel of the same name by Compton Mackenzie...
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  • Mackay in The Seekers (1954), the ship's mate in The Maggie (1954), Rockets Galore! (1958), a police constable (at a road block) in The 39 Steps (1959)...
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  • (1958, TV Movie) as Sgt. Ian McKenzie (reprised role in 1959 movie) Rockets Galore! (1958) as George Campbell The Navy Lark (1959) as Leading Seaman Johnson...
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  • for England in 1919 and who produced and wrote the films Topkapi and Rockets Galore! (1957) and others. Monja Danischewsky's family left Russia for Great...
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    Campbell's Kingdom Mac 1958 Next to No Time Abercrombie, Scottish Director Rockets Galore! Capt. MacKechnie Uncredited 1960 Kidnapped Ebenezer Balfour 1961 Don't...
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  • Henrietta Stevens Doomsday for Dyson (1959, TV Movie) - Great Aunt Lucy Rockets Galore! (1958) - Mrs. Campbell Serious Charge (1959) - Almshouse Matron Upstairs...
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    Whisky Galore!, and its 1957 sequel, Rockets Galore!, which were both filmed on Barra. The earlier film is based on the novel Whisky Galore by Sir Compton...
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    Ben Nevis Goes East (1954) Thin Ice (1956) Rockets Galore (1957), a sequel, filmed in 1958 as Rockets Galore! The Lunatic Republic (1959) Mezzotint (1961)...
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  • Sinners (1958) - Angela Chesney The Solitary Child (1958) - Mrs. Evans Rockets Galore! (1958) - Mrs. Waggett Crack in the Mirror (1960) - Mother Superior...
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  • Rank Organisation. The previous year Rank had released Rockets Galore!, a sequel to Whisky Galore!, but its production was unconnected with Ealing. Many...
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    Fortune Is a Woman aka She Played with Fire (1957) as Clive Fisher Rockets Galore aka Mad Little Island (1958) as Air Commodore Watchorn North West Frontier...
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  • Prime rockets. Using bio-propane, the Orbex Prime rocket aims to have a significantly lower carbon impact compared to other rocket fuels. The rockets and...
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    little way up the hillside overlooking Eoligarry jetty. The sequel Rockets Galore! was also filmed in and around the island. The sitcom Dad's Army, broadcast...
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  • 1958 Bonjour Tristesse Mr. Lombard Next to No Time Sir Godfrey Cowan Rockets Galore! Captain Wagget 1962 A Pair of Briefs Sir John Pilbright Term of Trial...
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  • to No Time (1958) as Warren The Horse's Mouth (1958) as Capt. Jones Rockets Galore! (1958) as Mumford The Navy Lark (1959) as CNI The Captain's Table (1959)...
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  • and A Kiss for Cinderella. In Britain, Carson was the female lead in Rockets Galore (1958). In 1960 she was in a short-lived revival of Finian's Rainbow...
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  • (1958) – Sir Redvers Nowhere to Go (1958) – First Mr. Dodds (uncredited) Rockets Galore! (1958) – Meeching Libel (1959) – Car Salesman Friends and Neighbours...
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  • Lucky Jim (1957) The Naked Truth (1957) Not Wanted on Voyage (1957) Rockets Galore! (1957) Small Hotel (1957) The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) True as...
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    Mellor Uncredited The Strange World of Planet X News Editor Uncredited Rockets Galore! Scientist Uncredited 1959 The Mystery in the Mine Tom Abbott 1960 Follow...
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  • Catriona Macroon in the film Whisky Galore!. In the early 1990s she appeared in a documentary about the film Whisky Galore, which was later also on a DVD release...
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  • (1958) - Col. von Schwarzkoppen Battle of the V-1 (1958) - General Rockets Galore! (1958) - Dr. Hamburger Operation Amsterdam (1959) - Diamond Merchant...
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  • Kidnappers (1953): Jim MacKenzie, Granddaddy Geordie (1955): Schoolmaster Rockets Galore! (1957): Duncan Ban The Bridal Path (1959): H.Q. Police Sgt. Our Man...
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  • Pick Piccadilly", "The Man That Wakes The Man That Blows Reveille" Rockets Galore! (1958) - "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner" (uncredited) Charlie Is...
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  • biggest hits of year Oct 1958 Rockets Galore Rank Michael Relph Basil Dearden Jeannie Carson Sequel to Whiskey Galore Sept 1958 Passionate Summer Harper-Willoughby...
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