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.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Burt Lancaster
as Felix Happer
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Peter Riegert
as "Mac" MacIntyre
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Denis Lawson
as Gordon Urquhart
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Fulton Mackay
as Ben Knox
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Peter Capaldi
as Danny Oldsen
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Jennifer Black
as Stella Urquhart
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Jenny Seagrove
as Marina
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Norman Chancer
as Moritz
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Rikki Fulton
as Geddes
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Alex Norton
as Watt
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Christopher Rozycki
as Victor
- Gyearbuor Asante as Rev Macpherson
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John M. Jackson
as Cal
- Dan Ammerman as Donaldson
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Tam Dean Burn
as Roddy
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John Gordon Sinclair
as Ricky
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Caroline Guthrie
as Pauline
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Jimmy Yuill
as Iain
Crew
-
Bill Forsyth
Director
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Chris Menges
Director of Photography
- Michael Bradsell Editor
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Mark Knopfler
Original Music Composer
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David Puttnam
Producer
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Bill Forsyth
Screenplay
