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.

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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.

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Creators

Bill Forsyth

director

Bill Forsyth

writer

Cast

Burt Lancaster actor Peter Riegert actor Denis Lawson actor Fulton Mackay actor Peter Capaldi actor Jennifer Black actor Jenny Seagrove actor

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Norman Chancer actor Rikki Fulton actor Alex Norton actor Christopher Rozycki actor

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Gyearbuor Asante actor John M. Jackson actor

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Dan Ammerman actor

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Tam Dean Burn actor John Gordon-Sinclair actor Caroline Guthrie actor Jimmy Yuill actor

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Karen Douglas actor Kenny Ireland actor