Jean Cadell

Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship in this BAFTA-nominated crime caper based on a true story.

Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. 

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.