Feb 17, 1983
111 min
Full-HD

Local Hero (1983)

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.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Enigma Productions Goldcrest Film4 Productions Celandine Films

Burt Lancaster

Felix Happer

Peter Riegert

Mac

Denis Lawson

Urquhart

Fulton Mackay

Ben

Peter Capaldi

Oldsen

Jennifer Black

Stella

Jenny Seagrove

Marina

Norman Chancer

Moritz

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