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Local Hero (1983)
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Local Hero

1983Directed by Bill Forsyth1h 51m

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.

  • Comedy
  • Drama

Cast

  • Burt Lancaster as Felix Happer
  • Peter Riegert as "Mac" MacIntyre
  • Denis Lawson as Gordon Urquhart
  • Fulton Mackay as Ben Knox
  • Peter Capaldi as Danny Oldsen
  • Jennifer Black as Stella Urquhart
  • Jenny Seagrove as Marina
  • Norman Chancer as Moritz
  • Rikki Fulton as Geddes
  • Alex Norton as Watt
  • Christopher Rozycki as Victor
  • Gyearbuor Asante as Rev Macpherson
  • John M. Jackson as Cal
  • Dan Ammerman as Donaldson
  • Tam Dean Burn as Roddy
  • John Gordon Sinclair as Ricky

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