"THE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE."

1983

1h 51m

6.8(406 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Burt Lancaster

Felix Happer

Peter Riegert

"Mac" MacIntyre

Denis Lawson

Gordon Urquhart

Fulton Mackay

Ben Knox

Peter Capaldi

Danny Oldsen

Jennifer Black

Stella Urquhart

Jenny Seagrove

Marina

Norman Chancer

Moritz

Rikki Fulton

Geddes

Alex Norton

Watt

Creative team

Directed by: Bill Forsyth
Written by: Bill Forsyth
Produced by: David Puttnam

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