8.6 Score

1983 • 1h 51min • PG • Comedy, Drama

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.

IMDb 7.3

RT 100%

MC 83

Director

Bill Forsyth

Composer

Mark Knopfler

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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

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Fulton Mackay Ben Knox

Peter Capaldi Danny Oldsen

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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

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