Local Hero poster

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.

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Local Hero — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • February 17, 1983
  • Runtime
  • 111 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Drama
  • Director
  • Bill Forsyth

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Local Hero — Cast

Burt Lancaster photo Burt Lancaster Felix Happer Peter Riegert photo Peter Riegert "Mac" MacIntyre Denis Lawson photo Denis Lawson Gordon Urquhart Fulton Mackay photo Fulton Mackay Ben Knox Peter Capaldi photo Peter Capaldi Danny Oldsen Jennifer Black photo Jennifer Black Stella Urquhart Jenny Seagrove photo Jenny Seagrove Marina Norman Chancer photo Norman Chancer Moritz

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