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Local Hero(1983)

6.8(402)
1h 51m
1983-02-17

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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Top Cast

Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert
"Mac" MacIntyre
Denis Lawson
Denis Lawson
Gordon Urquhart

Keywords

small townpetrolscotlandvillage lifevillagefolk musichouston, texasoilrabbitmillionaireblack goldseaside townaurora borealis

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