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Local Hero (1983)

Feb 17, 1983 · 1h 51m

6.8/10 TMDB user score
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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.

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  • 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 Stella Urquhart
  • Jenny Seagrove Jenny Seagrove Marina
  • Norman Chancer Norman Chancer Moritz
  • Rikki Fulton Rikki Fulton Geddes
  • Alex Norton Alex Norton Watt
  • Christopher Rozycki Christopher Rozycki Victor
  • Gyearbuor Asante Rev Macpherson
  • John M. Jackson John M. Jackson Cal
  • Dan Ammerman Donaldson
  • Tam Dean Burn Tam Dean Burn Roddy
  • John Gordon Sinclair John Gordon Sinclair Ricky

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