The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

IMDb 0.0 1974 • 90 min • DramaMusicComedyHistoryTV Movie

Director

John Mackenzie

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

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