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Directed by

Bill Forsyth

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Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer

Peter Riegert
Mac

Fulton Mackay
Ben

Denis Lawson
Urquhart

Norman Chancer
Moritz

Peter Capaldi
Oldsen

Rikki Fulton
Geddes

Alex Norton
Watt

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An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.

Release date: 17 March 1983
UPC: 085391130727

Tags: Comedy (6), Drama (5), 1983 (3), 1980s (3), UK (2), 1.85:1 (1), Cross-Cultural (1), SnP (1), Sort (1), Dark-humour (1), Rated Pg (1), Warner Bros. (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), HQ (1), Humorous (1), Mermaid (1), 80's (1), Scotland (1), Britcom (1), Tv (1)

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