SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Scotch on the Rocks

Synopsis

Feature film comedy. A group of car owners in the Hebridean village of Laxdale refuse to pay their road fund licences until they have been given a proper road. A parliamentary delegation arrives, and among the entertainments put on for them is an open-air production of Macbeth staged during a storm. The villagers eventually get their road.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1952

Duration

77 mins; 6,924 feet

Credits

Director

John Eldridge

Cinematographer

Arthur Grant

Screenplay

Alfred Shaughnessy; John Eldridge

Music

Frank Spencer

Cast

Fulton Mackay	Andrew Flett
Kathleen Ryan	Catriona Matheson
Raymond Huntley	Samuel Pettigrew MP
Ronald Squire	General Matheson
Sebastian Shaw	Hugh Marvell MP

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Macbeth

Subjects

Film studies; Shakespeare

Keywords

Scotland; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre; Open-air theatre

Notes

Notes

The BFI National Archive holds a 35mm preservation print.

General

Based on the novel by Eric Linklater.

Production Company

Name

Group 3

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

Distributor

Name

Panamint Cinema

Email

cinema@panamint.co.uk

Web

http://www.panamint.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

01505 834936

Address

Abercorn Schoolhouse
Whitequarries
Broxburn
West Lothian, Scotland
EH52 6PZ