The read
Scores higher than 96% of the 1,003 1980s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic83/100
417 audience votes
Key crew
- Bill ForsythDirector
- Mark KnopflerOriginal Music Composer
- Bill ForsythScreenplay
Cast
- Burt LancasterFelix Happer
- Peter Riegert"Mac" MacIntyre
- Denis LawsonGordon Urquhart
- Fulton MackayBen Knox
- Peter CapaldiDanny Oldsen
- Jennifer BlackStella Urquhart
- Jenny SeagroveMarina
- Norman ChancerMoritz
- Rikki FultonGeddes
- Alex NortonWatt
- Christopher RozyckiVictor
- Gyearbuor AsanteRev Macpherson
Stills
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Themes
small townpetrolscotlandvillage lifevillagefolk musichouston, texasoilrabbitmillionaireblack goldseaside town
The Best Movies of 1983
Local Hero is #9 of 60
