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Local Hero

Enigma Productions19831h 51m

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.

ComedyDrama

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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MOVIE STATUSReleased

Starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson

Released
Feb 17, 1983
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Runtime
111 min
Budget
$4,200,000 USD
Revenue
$5,900,000 USD
Countries
United Kingdom
Languages
Russian, Japanese, English

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