He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
Cinematography
Ridiculous lightning-saturated decapitations that somehow rule
Score
Queen's bombastic soundtrack elevates nonsense to opera
Acting
Sean Connery as an ancient Egyptian Spaniard with a Scottish accent
Director
Russell Mulcahy
Christopher Lambert
Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod
Roxanne Hart
Brenda J. Wyatt
Clancy Brown
Victor 'The Kurgan' Kruger
Sean Connery
Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
Beatie Edney
Heather MacLeod
Alan North
Lieutenant Frank Moran
Jon Polito
Det. Walter Bedsoe
Sheila Gish
Rachel Ellenstein
Hugh Quarshie
Sunda Kastagir
Peter Diamond
Aman Fasil
Billy Hartman
Dugal MacLeod
James Cosmo
Angus MacLeod
Celia Imrie
Kate MacLeod
Christopher Malcolm
Kirk Matunas
Ian Reddington
Bassett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Christopher Lambert learned barely any English for the role and delivered most lines phonetically, which accidentally gave Connor his otherworldly, detached quality.
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