01 April 1953 Comedy, Romance 77 mins
A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the residents are protesting the poor condition of their road by withholding their taxes, and spend a few days among the locals.
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Ronald Squire as General Matheson
Jameson Clark as Roderick McLeod
Raymond Huntley as Samuel Pettigrew, M.P.
Sebastian Shaw as Hugh Marvell, M.P.
Kathleen Ryan as Catriona Matheson
Fulton Mackay as Andrew Flett
Prunella Scales as Morag McLeod
Kynaston Reeves as Rev. Ian Macaulay
Roddy McMillan as Willie John Watt
Keith Faulkner as Peter McLeod
Andrew Keir as McKellaig
Jean Colin as Lucy Pettigrew
Nell Ballantyne as Nurse Connachy
Eric Woodburn as Gambie, poachers' leader
Howard Connell as "Posty" the Postman
Grace Gavin as Mrs. McLeod
John Eldridge Director
John Eldridge Writer
Eric Linklater Novel
Denis Johnson Assistant Director
Ken Hodges Camera Operator
Alfred Shaughnessy Screenplay
Ray Simm Art Direction
Bernard Gribble Editor
Scotch on the Rocks Trailer
United Kingdom 01 April 1953
United States 05 July 1954
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