1983

1h 51m

6.8(372 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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45 members

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Burt Lancaster

Felix Happer

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Peter Riegert

"Mac" MacIntyre

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Denis Lawson

Gordon Urquhart

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Fulton Mackay

Ben Knox

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Peter Capaldi

Danny Oldsen

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Jennifer Black

Stella Urquhart

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Jenny Seagrove

Marina

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Norman Chancer

Moritz

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Rikki Fulton

Geddes

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Alex Norton

Watt

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Christopher Rozycki

Victor

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Gyearbuor Asante

Rev Macpherson

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John M. Jackson

Cal

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Dan Ammerman

Donaldson

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Tam Dean Burn

Roddy

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John Gordon Sinclair

Ricky

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Caroline Guthrie

Pauline

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Jimmy Yuill

Iain

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Karen Douglas

Mrs Wyatt

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Kenny Ireland

Skipper

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Sandra Voe

Mrs Fraser

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Harlan Jordan

Fountain

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Charles Kearney

Peter

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David Mowat

Gideon

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John Poland

Anderson

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Ann Scott-Jones

Linda Fraser

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Ian Stewart

Mr Bulloch

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Jonathan Watson

Jonathan

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Dave Anderson

Fraser

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Ray Jeffries

Andrew

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James Kennedy

Edward

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Willie Joss

Sandy

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Tanya Ticktin

Russian Girl

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Edith Ruddick

Old Lady

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Betty Macey

Switchboard Operator

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Michelle McCarel

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Anne Thompson

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Brian Rowan

Ace Tone

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Mark Winchester

Ace Tone

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Alan Clark

Ace Tone

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Alan Darby

Ace Tone

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Roddy Murray

Ace Tone

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Dale Winchester

Ace Tone

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Luke Coulter

Baby

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Buddy Quaid

Crabbe

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