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title: "Local Hero: cast and crew"
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cast: 45
crew: 32
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# Local Hero (1983): cast and crew

45 cast and 32 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Burt Lancaster](https://film.one/person/burt-lancaster.md) as Felix Happer
- [Peter Riegert](https://film.one/person/peter-riegert.md) as "Mac" MacIntyre
- [Denis Lawson](https://film.one/person/denis-lawson.md) as Gordon Urquhart
- [Fulton Mackay](https://film.one/person/fulton-mackay.md) as Ben Knox
- [Peter Capaldi](https://film.one/person/peter-capaldi.md) as Danny Oldsen
- [Jennifer Black](https://film.one/person/jennifer-black.md) as Stella Urquhart
- [Jenny Seagrove](https://film.one/person/jenny-seagrove.md) as Marina
- [Norman Chancer](https://film.one/person/norman-chancer.md) as Moritz
- [Rikki Fulton](https://film.one/person/rikki-fulton.md) as Geddes
- [Alex Norton](https://film.one/person/alex-norton.md) as Watt
- [Christopher Rozycki](https://film.one/person/christopher-rozycki.md) as Victor
- [Gyearbuor Asante](https://film.one/person/gyearbuor-asante.md) as Rev Macpherson
- John M. Jackson as Cal
- Dan Ammerman as Donaldson
- Tam Dean Burn as Roddy
- John Gordon Sinclair as Ricky
- Caroline Guthrie as Pauline
- [Jimmy Yuill](https://film.one/person/jimmy-yuill.md) as Iain
- Karen Douglas as Mrs Wyatt
- Kenny Ireland as Skipper
- [Sandra Voe](https://film.one/person/sandra-voe.md) as Mrs Fraser
- Harlan Jordan as Fountain
- Charles Kearney as Peter
- David Mowat as Gideon
- John Poland as Anderson
- Ann Scott-Jones as Linda Fraser
- Ian Stewart as Mr Bulloch
- Jonathan Watson as Jonathan
- Dave Anderson as Fraser
- Ray Jeffries as Andrew
- James Kennedy as Edward
- Willie Joss as Sandy
- Tanya Ticktin as Russian Girl
- Edith Ruddick as Old Lady
- Betty Macey as Switchboard Operator
- Michelle McCarel as Switchboard Operator
- Anne Thompson as Switchboard Operator
- Brian Rowan as Ace Tone
- Mark Winchester as Ace Tone
- Alan Clark as Ace Tone
- Alan Darby as Ace Tone
- Roddy Murray as Ace Tone
- Dale Winchester as Ace Tone
- Luke Coulter as Baby
- Buddy Quaid as Crabbe

## Directing

- [Bill Forsyth](https://film.one/person/bill-forsyth.md): Director
- Jonathan Benson: First Assistant Director
- Matthew Binns: Assistant Director
- Melvin Lind: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Bill Forsyth](https://film.one/person/bill-forsyth.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [David Puttnam](https://film.one/person/david-puttnam.md): Producer
- Iain Smith: Associate Producer
- Susie Figgis: Casting

## Camera

- [Chris Menges](https://film.one/person/chris-menges.md): Director of Photography
- [Michael Coulter](https://film.one/person/michael-coulter.md): Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Michael Bradsell](https://film.one/person/michael-bradsell.md): Editor
- Jim Howe: First Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Mark Knopfler](https://film.one/person/mark-knopfler.md): Original Music Composer
- Mike Tucker: Boom Operator
- Allan Brereton: Sound Assistant
- Louis Kramer: Sound Mixer
- Lionel Strutt: ADR Mixer

## Art

- Adrienne Atkinson: Art Direction
- Frank Walsh: Art Direction
- [Roger Murray-Leach](https://film.one/person/roger-murray-leach.md): Production Design
- [Ian Watson](https://film.one/person/ian-watson.md): Art Direction
- Arthur Wicks: Property Master
- Bill Stark: Props

## Costume and make-up

- Barbara Sutton: Hairdresser
- Tommie Manderson: Makeup Supervisor

## Crew

- Roy Carnell: Special Effects
- Stuart Galloway: Special Effects
- Peter Hutchinson: Special Effects
- Patrick McColgan: Special Effects
- Peter Skehan: Special Effects
- Wally Veevers: Special Effects
- Roy Hansford: Carpenter

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