Een vertegenwoordiger van een oliemaatschappij krijgt de opdracht om een klein Schots kustdorpje op te kopen: dat ligt namelijk op de plek waar hoognodig een raffinaderij moet worden gebouwd.
Nee, helaas is Local Hero nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Chris Menges | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mark Knopfler | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Michael Bradsell | Editor |
| Directing | Bill Forsyth | Director |
| Production | David Puttnam | Producer |
| Art | Adrienne Atkinson | Art Direction |
| Art | Frank Walsh | Art Direction |
| Production | Iain Smith | Associate Producer |
| Art | Roger Murray-Leach | Production Design |
| Art | Ian Watson | Art Direction |
| Camera | Michael Coulter | Camera Operator |
| Art | Arthur Wicks | Property Master |
| Directing | Jonathan Benson | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Mike Tucker | Boom Operator |
| Editing | Jim Howe | First Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Bill Forsyth | Screenplay |
| Directing | Matthew Binns | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Melvin Lind | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Roy Carnell | Special Effects |
| Crew | Stuart Galloway | Special Effects |
| Crew | Peter Hutchinson | Special Effects |
| Crew | Patrick McColgan | Special Effects |
| Crew | Peter Skehan | Special Effects |
| Crew | Wally Veevers | Special Effects |
| Production | Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Sound | Allan Brereton | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Louis Kramer | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Lionel Strutt | ADR Mixer |
| Crew | Roy Hansford | Carpenter |
| Art | Bill Stark | Props |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Sutton | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tommie Manderson | Makeup Supervisor |
