這部電影于英國(guó)1954-08-30搬入銀幕，由保羅·道格拉斯領(lǐng)銜主演，Alex MacKenzie,和James Copeland共同出演。亞歷山大·麥肯德里克執(zhí)導(dǎo)。影片講述了Theleast-seenofMackendrick’sEalingpictures,TheMaggietellsanunusualstoryofacultureclashbetweentheOldandNewWorlds.ItstitleisthenameofadecrepitScottishvesselwhosewilycaptainblackmailsanAmericantycoonintousinghisramshackleboattomovevaluablefurnituretoanislandmansion.Mackendrick'sprecursortoLocalHeroappliesanalmostanthropologicalinterestinthevestigesofvillagecultureinthepostwarworldtoestablishanirresolvabledichotomybetweenYankeepragmatismandmaterialismandthepenuriouscharmandsuperstitionsoftheislanders。這部電影在豆瓣上的評(píng)分為 0.0，盡管評(píng)價(jià)平平，但其通過(guò)寫實(shí)的風(fēng)格和真實(shí)情感刻畫，讓觀眾感受到了該電影中不同于現(xiàn)實(shí)中的力量。