The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

June. 06,1974      
Rating:
8.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

John Bett as  Various
Alex Norton as  Various
Bill Paterson as  Various
John McGrath as  Various
James Cosmo as  Loch
Kenneth Benda as  Duke

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Reviews

TrueJoshNight
1974/06/06

Truly Dreadful Film

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Ensofter
1974/06/07

Overrated and overhyped

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Matrixiole
1974/06/08

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

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Raymond Sierra
1974/06/09

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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