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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.

Local Hero

6.819831h 51mPG

ComedyDrama

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.

Directed by Bill Forsyth

Behind the scenes

Movie screenshots & stills

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CAST

The people behind the story

Burt Lancaster

Burt LancasterFelix Happer

Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert"Mac" MacIntyre

Denis Lawson

Denis LawsonGordon Urquhart

Fulton Mackay

Fulton MackayBen Knox

Peter Capaldi

Peter CapaldiDanny Oldsen

Jennifer Black

Jennifer BlackStella Urquhart

Jenny Seagrove

Jenny SeagroveMarina

Norman Chancer

Norman ChancerMoritz