“THE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE.”
Local Hero
6.8
404 votes·1983
·1h 51m
·MovieComedyDrama
Overview
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.
Commercial Verdict
Flop
Revenue vs Budget1.4x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Lost money at the box office
Keywords
small townpetrolscotlandvillage lifevillagefolk musichouston, texasoilrabbitmillionaireblack goldseaside town
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
Christopher Rozycki
Victor
Gyearbuor Asante
Rev Macpherson
John M. Jackson
Cal
Dan Ammerman
Donaldson
Tam Dean Burn
Roddy
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