The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil poster

TMDb8.0 / 10

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)

Name: The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Director: John Mackenzie
Genre: Drama, Music, Comedy, History, TV Movie
Released: 1974-06-06
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 8
Cast: John Bett, Dolina MacLennan, David Maclennan, Elizabeth MacLennan, Alex Norton

90 min · United Kingdom · Dir. John Mackenzie

Drama Music Comedy History TV Movie Documentary 1974 movies

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.