| The Maggie | |
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 Original British quad-sized poster | |
| Directed by | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Screenplay by | William Rose |
| Story by | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon Michael Truman |
| Starring | Paul Douglas Alex Mackenzie James Copeland |
| Cinematography | Gordon Dines |
| Music by | John Addison |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) Universal-International (US) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The 'Maggie' (released in the U.S. as High and Dry) is a 1954 British comedy film produced by Ealing Studios. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick and written by William Rose, it is a story of a clash of cultures between a hard-driving American businessman and a wily Scottish Clyde puffer captain.
The story was inspired by Neil Munro's short stories of the Vital Spark and her captain, Para Handy.[2][3]
- ^ Times Digital Archive: First advert in The Times, 25 February 1954, page 2
- ^ Osborne, Brian D.; Armstrong, Ronald (1998). Echoes of the Sea. Canongate. p. 405.
- ^ Jack, Ian (20 September 2003). "Letting off steam". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 25 November 2008.