Local Hero

Local Hero

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.

PG 1983 · 111 min · ★ 6.8 · Comedy, Drama

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.

Directed by Bill Forsyth · Written by Bill Forsyth

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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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