Local Hero

Local Hero

Comedy · 1983 · 1h 51m

Movie

6.8/10 · TMDB

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.

Overview

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.

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Cast & crew

Burt LancasterFelix Happer
Peter Riegert"Mac" MacIntyre
Denis LawsonGordon Urquhart
Fulton MackayBen Knox
Peter CapaldiDanny Oldsen
Jennifer BlackStella Urquhart
Jenny SeagroveMarina
Norman ChancerMoritz
Rikki FultonGeddes
Alex NortonWatt
Christopher RozyckiVictor
Gyearbuor AsanteRev Macpherson
John M. JacksonCal
Dan AmmermanDonaldson
Tam Dean BurnRoddy

Information

Release date
17 March 1983
Director
Bill Forsyth
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Runtime
1h 51m
Country of origin
United Kingdom

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