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Local Hero

Name: Local Hero
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1983-02-17
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi

THE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE.

1983 · 1h 51m · 6.8 on TMDB

PG

Comedy Drama

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

Peter Capaldi

Danny Oldsen

Jennifer Black

Stella Urquhart

Jenny Seagrove

Marina

Norman Chancer

Moritz

Rikki Fulton

Geddes

Alex Norton

Watt

Christopher Rozycki

Victor

Gyearbuor Asante

Rev Macpherson

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Awards

Best Film · 1983nomineeBAFTA

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