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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)
Directed by John Mackenzie
Overview
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.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
John Bett | Dolina MacLennan | David Maclennan | Elizabeth MacLennan | Alex Norton | Bill Paterson | Allan Ross | John McGrath | Charles Kearney | James Cosmo | Iain Glas | David Steaurt | Kenneth Benda | Stuart Mungall | Terry Cavers | Kevin Collins