The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. When cargo ship the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground the shrewd islanders run rings around the buffoonish English Home Guard commander Captain Waggett and conspire to hide away cases of the precious amber nectar.
| Directing | Gillies MacKinnon | Director |
| Writing | Peter McDougall | Writer |
| Sound | Patrick Doyle | Music |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Novel |
| Writing | Compton MacKenzie | Original Film Writer |
| Writing | Angus MacPhail | Original Film Writer |
| Crew | Steve Caswell | Stunts |
| Crew | Renars Latkovskis | Stunts |
| Directing | David Gilchrist | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alex Kaye-Besley | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Iain Maclean | Producer |
| Production | Alan J. Wands | Producer |
| Production | Peter Drayne | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Nigel Willoughby | Director of Photography |
| Art | Andy Harris | Production Design |
| Editing | Anne Sopel | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gill Horn | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Hill | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Hill | Hair Designer |
| Production | John Hubbard | Casting |
| Production | Ros Hubbard | Casting |
| Crew | Abbi Collins | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Adrian O'Neil | Stunts |
| Crew | David Anders | Stunts |
| Crew | Lloyd Bass | Stunts |
| Crew | Conor Kenny | Stunts |
| Crew | Marcus White | Stunts |