Local Hero
1983, Film, 111 min, Comedy, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 76
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.
Directed by Bill Forsyth
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Felix Happer
- Peter Riegert as Mac
- Fulton Mackay as Ben Knox
- Denis Lawson as Gordon Urquhart
- Norman Chancer as Moritz
- Peter Capaldi as Oldsen
- Rikki Fulton as Geddes
- Alex Norton as Watt
- Jenny Seagrove as Marina
- Jennifer Black as Stella Urquhart
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