---
title: 'Local Hero (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bill Forsyth'
released: '1983-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/local-hero-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085859/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Local Hero (1983)

1983 · PG · 108 min · Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. It stars Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, and Fulton Mackay. Riegert plays an American oil company representative who is sent to a village on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property to build an oil refinery. The musical score was composed by Mark Knopfler.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bill Forsyth](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-forsyth)
- **Screenplay:** [Bill Forsyth](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-forsyth)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Knopfler](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-knopfler)
- **Producer:** [David Puttnam](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-puttnam), [Iain Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/iain-smith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Chris Menges](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-menges)

## Cast

- [Peter Capaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-capaldi)
- [Fulton Mackay](https://cinepixo.com/people/fulton-mackay)
- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster)
- [Denis Lawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-lawson)
- [Peter Riegert](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-riegert)

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