This whimsical, truly original story centers around an eccentric corprate executive (Lancaster) who sends an underling (Peter Riegert) to a remote Scottish village in order to buy up the town so that it can be exploited for its oil. Once here, the two find that the locals are a lot more than they bargained for. (United Kingdom 1983, 111 min.)

Few American actors’ careers were as long, varied, and acclaimed as Burt Lancaster’s. Whether portraying a dashing pirate, a womanizing military sergeant, an oil tycoon, an amoral journalist, or a broken middle-aged narcissist—Lancaster always made his roles uniquely his own. Join us this Spring on Wednesday nights as we revisit seven of his films at our favorite coffeehouse, Café Ole.