| Release Date: | Feb 1983 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Comedy |
| Awards: | Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations |
| Runtime: | 111 min |
| Cast: | 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) Jenny Seagrove (Marina) Jennifer Black (Stella) Christopher Rozycki (Victor) Gyearbuor Asante (Rev Macpherson (as Christopher Asante)) John M. Jackson (Cal (as John Jackson)) Dan Ammerman (Donaldson) Tam Dean Burn (Roddy) |
Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scotish villiage 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.
