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68% Critic Match
Local Hero
“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.”
6.8 / 10• 1983• 1h 51m•PG• English
ComedyDrama
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.
Cast & Crew
Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bill Forsyth's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Local Hero is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
