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Local Hero1983

★6.8111 minComedyDrama

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.

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

Burt Lancaster Peter Riegert Denis Lawson

Cast45

Burt Lancaster
as Felix Happer
Peter Riegert
as "Mac" MacIntyre
Denis Lawson
as Gordon Urquhart
Fulton Mackay
as Ben Knox
Peter Capaldi
as Danny Oldsen
Jennifer Black
as Stella Urquhart
Jenny Seagrove
as Marina
Norman Chancer
as Moritz
Rikki Fulton
as Geddes
Alex Norton
as Watt
Christopher Rozycki
as Victor
G
Gyearbuor Asante
as Rev Macpherson
John M. Jackson
as Cal
D
Dan Ammerman
as Donaldson
Tam Dean Burn
as Roddy
John Gordon Sinclair
as Ricky
Caroline Guthrie
as Pauline
Jimmy Yuill
as Iain
K
Karen Douglas
as Mrs Wyatt
Kenny Ireland
as Skipper
Sandra Voe
as Mrs Fraser
H
Harlan Jordan
as Fountain
C
Charles Kearney
as Peter
D
David Mowat
as Gideon
J
John Poland
as Anderson
A
Ann Scott-Jones
as Linda Fraser
Ian Stewart
as Mr Bulloch
Jonathan Watson
as Jonathan
Dave Anderson
as Fraser
R
Ray Jeffries
as Andrew
J
James Kennedy
as Edward
Willie Joss
as Sandy
T
Tanya Ticktin
as Russian Girl
E
Edith Ruddick
as Old Lady
B
Betty Macey
as Switchboard Operator
M
Michelle McCarel
as Switchboard Operator
A
Anne Thompson
as Switchboard Operator
B
Brian Rowan
as Ace Tone
M
Mark Winchester
as Ace Tone
A
Alan Clark
as Ace Tone
A
Alan Darby
as Ace Tone
R
Roddy Murray
as Ace Tone
D
Dale Winchester
as Ace Tone
L
Luke Coulter
as Baby
B
Buddy Quaid
as Crabbe

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