Local Hero
Film1983111 min6.8/10 on TMDB
Directed by Bill Forsyth
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Burt LancasterFelix Happer
Peter Riegert"Mac" MacIntyre
Denis LawsonGordon Urquhart
Fulton MackayBen Knox
Peter CapaldiDanny Oldsen
Jennifer BlackStella Urquhart
Jenny SeagroveMarina
Norman ChancerMoritz
Rikki FultonGeddes
Alex NortonWatt
Christopher RozyckiVictorGyearbuor Asante
Gyearbuor AsanteRev MacphersonExplore the crew
- Director
- Bill Forsyth
- Producer
- David Puttnam
- Director of Photography
- Chris Menges
- Original Music Composer
- Mark Knopfler
- Editor
- Michael Bradsell
- Screenplay
- Bill Forsyth