Local Hero
Feb 17, 1983 | IMDB 6.7
111 min Watch NowComedy, Drama
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.
Comedy, Drama
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.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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The Entertainer
Murrain
Dad's Army
Salad Days
Meet Joe Black
Snow Cake
Once Upon a Time in the West
Seven Samurai
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Chocolat
As It Is in Heaven
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
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