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Local Hero

1983
Directed byBill Forsyth
1h 51m

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
Burt LancasterFelix HapperPeter Riegert"Mac" MacIntyreDenis LawsonGordon Urquhart
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GENRES
ComedyDrama
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Enigma ProductionsGoldcrestCelandine Films
RATING
6.8

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