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Local Hero (1983)

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.

17 February 1983 · 1h 51mComedyDrama

★ 6.8 / 10 · 424 votes on TMDB

Directed by Bill Forsyth

What it's about

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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Cast

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
Rikki Fulton
Geddes
Alex Norton
Watt

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