Two Scottish friends become local folk heroes and tourist attractions when they start holding up tour buses with novelty items.
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Title: Restless Natives (1985)
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| Vincent Friell | ... | Will | |
| Joe Mullaney | ... | Ronnie | |
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Teri Lally | ... | Margot |
| Ned Beatty | ... | Bender | |
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Robert Urquhart | ... | Baird |
| Bernard Hill | ... | Will's father | |
| Mel Smith | ... | Pyle | |
| Bryan Forbes | ... | Man in Car | |
| Nanette Newman | ... | Woman in Car | |
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Ann Scott-Jones | ... | Will's mother |
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Rachel Boyd | ... | Ilsa |
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Iain McColl | ... | Nigel |
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Dave Anderson | ... | Illingworth |
| Eiji Kusuhara | ... | Japanese Presenter | |
| Ed Bishop | ... | TV Reporter (American) | |
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Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein. Written by Alan Burns <aburns@nelson.com>
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"Restless Natives" was the 1984 winner of the LLoyds Bank National Screenwriting Competition organised by the Oxford Film Foundation. P.O. Box 156, Oxford (end credits). See more »Connections
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12 September 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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For Americans, it might take a "wee bit" of getting use to the Scottish accents, but this loopy, off-beat picture is so good and so entertaining, the viewer just sits back and takes it all in. Two boys who work at a Magic Store by day make their own "magic" as they rob tourist buses after work. Ned Beatty is fine, as always. This film is a real gem: the kind you just wish would get more publicity so that so many more would see and enjoy it. Savor it--and tell your friends!