Local Hero
356 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 51m
1983
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.
OVERVIEW
PHOTOS
VIDEOS

Storyline
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.
- DirectorBill Forsyth
- Release17 February 1983
- Genre
- Duration1h 51m
- Budget$4,200,000
- Revenue$5,900,000
- Rate356 reviews
- Productions
Enigma Productions, Goldcrest, Film4 Productions, Celandine Films
Cast

Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer

Peter Riegert
Mac

Denis Lawson
Urquhart

Fulton Mackay
Ben

Peter Capaldi
Oldsen

Jennifer Black
Stella

Jenny Seagrove
Marina

Norman Chancer
Moritz

Rikki Fulton
Geddes

Alex Norton
Watt

Christopher Rozycki
Victor

John M. Jackson
Cal

Tam Dean Burn
Roddy

John Gordon Sinclair
Ricky

Caroline Guthrie
Pauline

Jimmy Yuill
Iain

Kenny Ireland
Skipper

Sandra Voe
Mrs Fraser

Ian Stewart
Mr Bulloch

Jonathan Watson
Jonathan

Dave Anderson
Fraser

Willie Joss
Sandy
Similar Movies

Hero Wanted
2008

Gregory's Girl
1981

The Local Stigmatic
1990

The African
1983

Comfort and Joy
1984

Gambler
2006

Making Waves
2004

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962

Lacombe, Lucien
1974

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022

Compulsion
1959

Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill
2020

Nayakan
1987

Greed
2019

Lady Jane
1986

Phantoms
1998

Margaret
2011

The Domestics
2018

Midway
1976
