The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Directed by John Mackenzie
1974    90m
Drama, Documentary, Music,
In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags.
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Cast of The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
  • John BettVarious
  • Dolina MacLennanVarious
  • David MaclennanVarious
  • Elizabeth MacLennanVarious
  • Alex NortonVarious
  • Bill PatersonVarious
  • Allan RossVarious
  • John McGrathVarious
  • Charles KearneySellar
  • James CosmoLoch
  • Iain GlasMacLeod
  • David SteaurtJudge
  • Kenneth BendaDuke
  • Stuart MungallHusband
  • Terry CaversWife
  • Kevin CollinsOld Man

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