Local Hero (1983)

PG02/17/1983Comedy, Drama1h 51m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Burt Lancaster

    Felix Happer

  2. Cast 1

    Peter Riegert

    "Mac" MacIntyre

  3. Cast 1

    Denis Lawson

    Gordon Urquhart

  4. Cast 1

    Fulton Mackay

    Ben Knox

  5. Cast 1

    Peter Capaldi

    Danny Oldsen

  6. Cast 1

    Jennifer Black

    Stella Urquhart

  7. Cast 1

    Jenny Seagrove

    Marina

  8. Cast 1

    Norman Chancer

    Moritz

  9. Cast 1

    Rikki Fulton

    Geddes

Burt Lancaster is the multi-millionaire oil magnate "Felix Happer" who despatches one of his minions (Peter Riegert) to Scotland to buy up a village to turn it into an oil refinery. Once he arrives, he is taken for a bit of a ride by the canny locals as they try to milk him for as much cash as they can. In the days before cell phones; he has to call his boss from the phone box reporting his lack of progress and some astronomical sightings until eventually Happer comes over himself and immediately strikes up a rapport with Fulton Mackay who lives on the beach (and who is steadfastly refusing to...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$4,200,000.00

Revenue $5,900,000.00

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