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Theleast-seenofMackendrick’sEalingpictures,TheMaggietellsanunusualstoryofacultureclashbetweentheOldandNewWorlds.ItstitleisthenameofadecrepitScottishvesselwhosewilycaptainblackmailsanAmericantycoonintousinghisramshackleboattomovevaluablefurnituretoanislandmansion.Mackendrick’sprecursortoLocalHeroappliesanalmostanthropologicalinterestinthevestigesofvillagecultureinthepostwarworldtoestablishanirresolvabledichotomybetweenYankeepragmatismandmaterialismandthepenuriouscharmandsuperstitionsoftheislanders













