Local Hero

Local Hero (1983)

A BEAUTIFUL COASTLINE... A RICH OIL MAN WANTS TO DEVELOP IT. A POOR BEACH BUM WANTS TO LIVE ON IT. AN ENTIRE TOWN WANTS TO PROFIT BY IT. AND A REAL-LIVE MERMAID WANTS TO SAVE IT... ONLY ONE OF THEM WILL GET THEIR WAY.

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

Date of release
1983-02-17
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (424)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Bill Forsyth

Casting

  • Burt Lancaster — Felix Happer
  • Peter Riegert — "Mac" MacIntyre
  • Denis Lawson — Gordon Urquhart
  • Fulton Mackay — Ben Knox
  • Peter Capaldi — Danny Oldsen
  • Jennifer Black — Stella Urquhart
  • Jenny Seagrove — Marina
  • Norman Chancer — Moritz
  • Rikki Fulton — Geddes
  • Alex Norton — Watt
  • Christopher Rozycki — Victor
  • Gyearbuor Asante — Rev Macpherson

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