 | Burt Lancaster | ... | Felix Happer |
| Peter Riegert | ... | Mac |
| Fulton Mackay | ... | Ben Knox |
| Denis Lawson | ... | Gordon Urquhart |
| Norman Chancer | ... | Moritz |
| Peter Capaldi | ... | Oldsen |
| Rikki Fulton | ... | Geddes |
| Alex Norton | ... | Watt |
| Jenny Seagrove | ... | Marina |
| Jennifer Black | ... | Stella Urquhart |
| Christopher Rozycki | ... | Victor |
| Gyearbuor Asante | ... | Rev Macpherson (as Christopher Asante) |
| John M. Jackson | ... | Cal (as John Jackson) |
| Dan Ammerman | ... | Donaldson |
| Tam Dean Burn | ... | Roddy |
| Luke Coulter | ... | Baby |
| Karen Douglas | ... | Mrs Wyatt |
| Kenny Ireland | ... | Skipper |
| Harlan Jordan | ... | Fountain |
| Charles Kearney | ... | Peter |
| Betty Macey | ... | Switchboard Operator |
| David Mowat | ... | Gideon |
| John Poland | ... | Anderson |
| Brian Rowan | ... | Ace Tone |
| Ann Scott-Jones | ... | Linda Fraser (as Anne Scott Jones) |
| Ian Stewart | ... | Mr Bulloch |
| Tanya Ticktin | ... | Russian Girl |
| Jonathan Watson | ... | Jonathan |
| Mark Winchester | ... | Ace Tone |
| Dave Anderson | ... | Fraser (as David Anderson) |
| Alan Clark | ... | Ace Tone |
| Alan Darby | ... | Ace Tone |
| Caroline Guthrie | ... | Pauline |
| Ray Jeffries | ... | Andrew |
| Willie Joss | ... | Sandy |
| James Kennedy | ... | Edward |
| Michelle McCarel | ... | Switchboard Operator (as Michele McCarel) |
| Roddy Murray | ... | Ace Tone |
| Buddy Quaid | ... | Crabbe |
| Edith Ruddick | ... | Old Lady |
| John Gordon Sinclair | ... | Ricky |
| Anne Thompson | ... | Switchboard Operator |
| Sandra Voe | ... | Mrs Fraser |
| Dale Winchester | ... | Ace Tone |
| Jimmy Yuill | ... | Iain |
| Bill Forsyth | ||
| Bill Forsyth | ... | (written by) |
| David Puttnam | ... | producer (produced by) |
| Iain Smith | ... | associate producer |
| Mark Knopfler | ||
| Chris Menges | ... | (lighting cameraman) |
| Michael Bradsell | ||
| Jim Howe | ... | first assistant editor |
| Anne Sopel | ... | second assistant editor |
| Roger Murray-Leach | ||
| Adrienne Atkinson | ||
| Richard D. James | ... | (as Richard James) |
| Frank Walsh | ||
| Ian Watson | ||
| Karen Dawson | ... | makeup assistant |
| Tommie Manderson | ... | makeup supervisor |
| Barbara Sutton | ... | hairdresser |
| Patricia Churchill | ... | production manager: U.S. (as Pat Churchill) |
| Robin Douet | ... | production manager: U.K. |
| Jonathan Benson | ... | first assistant director |
| Matthew Binns | ... | assistant director |
| Melvin Lind | ... | assistant director |
| Joel Tuber | ... | assistant director: (U.S) |
| Richard Hawley | ... | second assistant director: second unit (uncredited) |
| Steve Allaway | ... | chargehand carpenter |
| Tony Allaway | ... | carpenter (as Anthony Allaway) |
| Les Beaver | ... | chargehand rigger |
| Dennis Bovington | ... | carpenter |
| Dave Coldham | ... | plasterer (as David Coldham) |
| Donna Dacier | ... | props |
| Susan Elkins | ... | props |
| Roy Evans | ... | construction manager |
| Trish Gallaher Glenn | ... | props (as Trisha B Gallaher) |
| Barry Gates | ... | stagehand |
| John Gorham | ... | graphics |
| Martin Hammerton | ... | stand-by carpenter |
| Roy Hansford | ... | carpenter |
| Alec Hearn | ... | drape |
| George Hobbs | ... | stand-by rigger |
| John Hogan | ... | props |
| John Hurley | ... | painter |
| George Malin | ... | dressing props |
| Jeff McManus | ... | property master |
| Norman North | ... | stand-by painter |
| Jill Quertier | ... | production buyer |
| Eamonn Redmond | ... | stand-by stagehand |
| Cornelius 'Ted' Restall | ... | chargehand painter (as Ted Restall) |
| Ray Staples | ... | plasterer |
| Bill Stark | ... | props |
| Ted Stickley | ... | dressing props |
| Arthur Wicks | ... | property master |
| Barry Williams | ... | draughtsman |
| Allan Brereton | ... | sound assistant |
| Ian Fuller | ... | dubbing editor |
| David Grimsdale | ... | assistant dubbing editor |
| Louis Kramer | ... | sound mixer |
| Ray Merrin | ... | assistant dubbing mixer |
| Bill Rowe | ... | dubbing mixer |
| Mike Tucker | ... | boom operator |
| Lionel Strutt | ... | adr mixer (uncredited) |
| Roy Carnell | ... | special effects |
| Stuart Galloway | ... | special effects |
| Dennis Harrison | ... | special effects rigger |
| Peter Hutchinson | ... | special effects |
| Patrick McColgan | ... | special effects |
| Tommy Parker | ... | special effects rigger |
| Peter Skehan | ... | special effects |
| Wally Veevers | ... | special effects |
| Steve Simmonds | ... | modeller |
| James Ainslie | ... | clapper loader |
| Kenneth Atherfold | ... | camera grip (as Ken Atherfold) |
| Graham Attwood | ... | unit stillsman |
| John Beach | ... | electrician |
| Michael Coulter | ... | camera operator (as Mike Coulter) |
| Micky Davey | ... | electrician |
| Ron Lyons | ... | electrician |
| Brian Martin | ... | chargehand electrician |
| Jan Pester | ... | focus puller |
| Ronnie Rampton | ... | gaffer electrician |
| Kerry Rike | ... | camera loader |
| Bob Strauss | ... | unit stillsman |
| Micky Wilson | ... | electrician |
| Susie Figgis | ... | casting |
| Penny Perry | ... | casting: U.S. |
| Shawn Dale | ... | costumes |
| Pip Newbery | ... | costumes |
| Penny Rose | ... | costumes |
| Dennis Bishop | ... | location manager: (U.S) |
| David Brown | ... | location manager |
| Peter Cotton | ... | location manager (uncredited) |
| Pat Rambaut | ... | continuity |
| Anne Rapp | ... | continuity: U.S. |
| Robbie Sandison | ... | driver: grip truck (uncredited) |
| Iain Brown | ... | National Film School attachment |
| Craig Busch | ... | production assistant |
| Diane Chittell | ... | producer's secretary: (U.S) |
| Sandy Collister | ... | production assistant |
| Teresa Colman | ... | director's secretary |
| Louise Coulter | ... | assistant accountant |
| Anne Curtis | ... | production assistant |
| Susan d'Arcy | ... | unit publicist (as Susan D'Arcy) |
| Charles Finch | ... | runner |
| John Hemmings | ... | liaison: Kay Laboratories London |
| Gus Maclean | ... | runner |
| Holly McDonald | ... | production assistant |
| Cormac O'Shea | ... | worldwide distribution director (as John Porter) |
| Maggie Phelan | ... | assistant accountant |
| Ron Phipps | ... | production accountant |
| Mary Richards | ... | production secretary |
| Lynda Smith | ... | producer's secretary |
| Rona Lamont | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
| Julian Senior | ... | director of publicity (uncredited) |
| Plot Summary | Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scottish village to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the 'Silver Dollar' and can't believe their luck. However, a local hermit and beach scavenger, Ben Knox, lives in a shack on the crucial beach which he also owns. Happer is more interested in the Northern Lights and Danny in a surreal girl with webbed feet, Marina. Mac is used to a Houston office with fax machines but is forced to negotiate on Bens terms. Written byMatthew Stanfield |
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| Taglines | 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.See more » |
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| Budget | GBP3,000,000 (estimated) |
| Trivia | After the movie came out, many people went in search of the village with the red phone booth. It can be found in the village of Pennan on the Moray Coast, Scotland.See more » |
| Goofs | Marina and Danny are looking at what Marina says are grey seals but which are Californian fur seals, which aren't native to Scotland.See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured inA Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1995).See more » |
| Soundtracks | Local HeroSee more » |
| Quotes | Mac: [desperate to make the deal] Look, how much do you want? Ben: [fills his hands with sand] Would you pay me a pound for every grain of sand in my hand? [drops some sand] Ben: Ah, well, that saves you some. Well, would you do it? Mac: No. Of course not. Ben: Ah, well that's a pity. You missed out on a good bargain, for I can only hold about ten thousand grains of sand in my hands. Did you think it would be more? See more » |
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