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Local Hero

1983· 1h 51m

ComedyDrama

Directed by Bill Forsyth

6.8/ 10

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Overview

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.

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Felix Happer

Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

"Mac" MacIntyre

Denis Lawson

Denis Lawson

Gordon Urquhart

Fulton Mackay

Fulton Mackay

Ben Knox

Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Danny Oldsen

Jennifer Black

Jennifer Black

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