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Local Hero (1983)

Language: English.

Directed by Bill Forsyth

Cast
  • Burt Lancaster as Felix Happer
  • Peter Riegert as Mac
  • Denis Lawson as Urquhart
  • Fulton Mackay as Ben
  • Peter Capaldi as Oldsen
  • Jennifer Black as Stella
  • 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
  • Bill Forsyth — Director
  • David Puttnam — Producer
  • Chris Menges — Director of Photography
  • Mark Knopfler — Original Music Composer
  • Michael Bradsell — Editor
  • Roger Murray-Leach — Production Design
  • Adrienne Atkinson — Art Direction
  • Frank Walsh — Art Direction
  • Ian Watson — Art Direction
  • Iain Smith — Associate Producer
  • Michael Coulter — Camera Operator
  • Mike Tucker — Boom Operator
  • Jonathan Benson — First Assistant Director
  • Arthur Wicks — Property Master
  • Jim Howe — First Assistant Editor
  • Bill Forsyth — Screenplay