The Maggie
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.
Plot
The Maggie is an aged Clyde puffer, a small, coal fired cargo boat. Peter MacTaggart, her rascal of a captain, is in dire need of £300 to repair the boat's plates and renew its loading licence. At the offices of a shipping company in Glasgow, he overhears Mr Pusey, an Englishman complete with bowler hat and umbrella, trying to arrange transportation of some personal furniture for his boss, American Calvin B. Marshall. The reputable shipping company has nothing immediately available, so MacTaggart gets the job when Pusey mistakenly believes that he works for the company and that the more modern vessel docked next to the Maggie is MacTaggart's.
More details
author | William Rose |
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contentLocation | Scotland |
director | Alexander Mackendrick |
genre | comedy |
keywords | birthday party bowler hat clyde puffer draft draught engineer glasgow nothing poach self-made man shipping company store owner |
musicBy | John Addison |
producer | Michael Balcon Michael Truman |
productionCompany | Ealing Studios |
publisher | General Film Distributors Universal-International |