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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.
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.
Where to watch
Howdy Amazon ChannelAvailability by JustWatch · All options on TMDB
Cast
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
Details
- Director
- Bill Forsyth
- Writers
- Bill Forsyth
- Release date
- February 17, 1983
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Budget
- $4.2M
- Box office
- $5.9M worldwide
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Enigma Productions, Goldcrest Films International, Celandine Films
