Local Hero

"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 Lancaster

as Felix Happer

Peter Riegert

as "Mac" MacIntyre

Denis Lawson

as Gordon Urquhart

Fulton Mackay

as Ben Knox

Peter Capaldi

as Danny Oldsen

Jennifer Black

as Stella Urquhart

Jenny Seagrove

as Marina

Norman Chancer

as Moritz

Rikki Fulton

as Geddes

Alex Norton

as Watt

Christopher Rozycki

as Victor

Gyearbuor Asante

as Rev Macpherson

John M. Jackson

as Cal

Dan Ammerman

as Donaldson

Tam Dean Burn

as Roddy

John Gordon Sinclair

as Ricky

Caroline Guthrie

as Pauline

Jimmy Yuill

as Iain

Karen Douglas

as Mrs Wyatt

Kenny Ireland

as Skipper

Sandra Voe

as Mrs Fraser

Harlan Jordan

as Fountain

Charles Kearney

as Peter

David Mowat

as Gideon

John Poland

as Anderson

Ann Scott-Jones

as Linda Fraser

Ian Stewart

as Mr Bulloch

Jonathan Watson

as Jonathan

Dave Anderson

as Fraser

Ray Jeffries

as Andrew

James Kennedy

as Edward

Willie Joss

as Sandy

Tanya Ticktin

as Russian Girl

Edith Ruddick

as Old Lady

Betty Macey

as Switchboard Operator

Michelle McCarel

as Switchboard Operator

Anne Thompson

as Switchboard Operator

Brian Rowan

as Ace Tone

Mark Winchester

as Ace Tone

Alan Clark

as Ace Tone

Alan Darby

as Ace Tone

Roddy Murray

as Ace Tone

Dale Winchester

as Ace Tone

Luke Coulter

as Baby

Buddy Quaid

as Crabbe

Crew

Chris Menges

Director of Photography

Mark Knopfler

Original Music Composer

Michael Bradsell

Editor

Bill Forsyth

Director

David Puttnam

Producer

Adrienne Atkinson

Art Direction

Frank Walsh

Art Direction

Iain Smith

Associate Producer

Roger Murray-Leach

Production Design

Ian Watson

Art Direction

Michael Coulter

Camera Operator

Arthur Wicks

Property Master

Jonathan Benson

First Assistant Director

Mike Tucker

Boom Operator

Jim Howe

First Assistant Editor

Bill Forsyth

Screenplay