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Local Hero(1983)
Status: Released
Date: 1983-02-17
68%
377 Votes
Time: 1h 51m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Russian, Japanese, English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Budget: $4,200,000.00
Revenue: $5,900,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Enigma Productions
Celandine Films
Movie: Local Hero
Top 10 Billed Cast
Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer
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
Rikki Fulton
Geddes
Alex Norton
Watt
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Local Hero (1983) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
Jenny Seagrove and Denis Lawson on Local Hero | BFI
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