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Local Hero

Local Hero

"A beautiful coastline... A rich oil man wants to develop it. A poor beach bum wants to live on it. An entire town wants to profit by it. And a real-live mermaid wants to save it... Only one of them will get their way."

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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Release DateFebruary 17, 1983
StatusReleased
Original TitleLocal Hero
Runtime1h 51min
Budget$4,200,000
Revenue$5,900,000
LanguageJapanese, Russian, English
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesEnigma ProductionsGoldcrestCelandine Films
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