Local Hero

Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert

Bill Forsythe's crowning achievement. A texas oilman/wage slave travels to northern Scotland to buy a strip of coastline for a refinery project. He finds himself charmed by the locals, their village and way of life. Will he ruin the place, stay? This being hollywood the resolution is as magical as the entire film.

Sprinkled with humor, likable characters, beautiful locations, a wry sensibility...this is as delightful a film as a studio has ever turned out.

Much loved and deservedly so.

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