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COMEDY

DRAMA

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.

name	character
Dan Ammerman	Donaldson
Dave Anderson	Fraser
Gyearbuor Asante	Rev Macpherson
Jennifer Black	Stella
Tam Dean Burn	Roddy
Peter Capaldi	Oldsen
Norman Chancer	Moritz
Alan Clark	Ace Tone
Luke Coulter	Baby
Alan Darby	Ace Tone
Karen Douglas	Mrs Wyatt
Rikki Fulton	Geddes
Caroline Guthrie	Pauline
Kenny Ireland	Skipper
John M. Jackson	Cal
Ray Jeffries	Andrew
Harlan Jordan	Fountain
Willie Joss	Sandy
Charles Kearney	Peter
James Kennedy	Edward
Burt Lancaster	Felix Happer
Denis Lawson	Urquhart
Betty Macey	Switchboard Operator
Fulton Mackay	Ben
Michelle McCarel	Switchboard Operator
David Mowat	Gideon
Roddy Murray	Ace Tone
Alex Norton	Watt
John Poland	Anderson
Buddy Quaid	Crabbe
Peter Riegert	Mac
Brian Rowan	Ace Tone
Christopher Rozycki	Victor
Edith Ruddick	Old Lady
Ann Scott-Jones	Linda Fraser
Jenny Seagrove	Marina
John Gordon Sinclair	Ricky
Ian Stewart	Mr Bulloch
Anne Thompson	Switchboard Operator
Tanya Ticktin	Russian Girl
Sandra Voe	Mrs Fraser
Jonathan Watson	Jonathan
Dale Winchester	Ace Tone
Mark Winchester	Ace Tone
Jimmy Yuill	Iain

name
Bill Forsyth	director, screenplay
Mark Knopfler	composer
David Puttnam	producer

year	award	category	name
1983	BAFTA	Best Direction	Bill Forsyth