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Local Hero

1983 · Bill Forsyth · 111 min

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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.

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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6.8/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database425 votesTMDB
Burt LancasterFelix HapperPeter Riegert"Mac" MacIntyreDenis LawsonGordon UrquhartFulton MackayBen KnoxPeter CapaldiDanny OldsenJennifer BlackStella UrquhartJenny SeagroveMarinaNorman ChancerMoritzRikki FultonGeddesAlex NortonWattChristopher RozyckiVictorGGyearbuor AsanteRev MacphersonJohn M. JacksonCalDDan AmmermanDonaldsonTam Dean BurnRoddy

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Burt LancasterFelix HapperPeter Riegert"Mac" MacIntyreDenis LawsonGordon UrquhartFulton MackayBen KnoxPeter CapaldiDanny OldsenJennifer BlackStella UrquhartJenny SeagroveMarinaNorman ChancerMoritzRikki FultonGeddesAlex NortonWattChristopher RozyckiVictorGGyearbuor AsanteRev MacphersonJohn M. JacksonCalDDan AmmermanDonaldsonTam Dean BurnRoddy

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