ComedyDrama
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.
Directed by Bill Forsyth
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User score
410 votes
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Status
Released
Released
February 17, 1983
Runtime
1h 51m
Language
Russian, Japanese, English
Budget → Revenue
$4.2M → $5.9M
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
John Gordon Sinclair
Ricky
Caroline Guthrie
Pauline
Jimmy Yuill
Iain
Karen Douglas
Mrs Wyatt
Kenny Ireland
Skipper
