

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
June 6, 1974•1h 30m•★ 8.0
DramaMusicComedyHistoryTV Movie
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.
Director
John MackenzieWriters
Cast

John Bett
Various
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Dolina MacLennan
Various
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David Maclennan
Various
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Elizabeth MacLennan
Various

Alex Norton
Various

Bill Paterson
Various
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Allan Ross
Various

John McGrath
Various
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Charles Kearney
Sellar

James Cosmo
Loch
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Iain Glas
MacLeod
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David Steaurt
Judge

Kenneth Benda
Duke
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Stuart Mungall
Husband
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Terry Cavers
Wife
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Kevin Collins
Old Man