Local Hero
THE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE.
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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Top cast
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
John M. Jackson
Cal
Dan Ammerman
Donaldson
Tam Dean Burn
Roddy
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Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 17, 1983
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Budget
- $4,200,000
- Revenue
- $5,900,000
- Original language
- EN
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