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The Boy from Mercury

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The Boy from Mercury

6.0

1h 27m

1996

Synopsis

Set in 1960s Dublin, a fatherless eight-year-old boy who feels alienated by his family, escapes his reality by deciding he's been sent from Mercury to study life on Earth. His fantasies mirror the life of his hero, Flash Gordon, from the serial he watches each week at the local cinema. His escapades result in dilemmas that drive his mother to such distraction that she turns to the boy's strange uncle for help.

Director

Martin Duffy

FantasyComedyFamily

Cast & Crew

Rita Tushingham

Rita Tushingham

as May Cronin

Tom Courtenay

as Uncle Tony Cronin

Hugh O'Conor

Hugh O'Conor

as Paul

James Hickey

as Harry Cronin

Ian McElhinney

Ian McElhinney

as Brother Dowdall

Kevin James

as James "Mucker" Maguire

Gerard Cannon

as Classroom Schoolboy

Johnny Ward

Johnny Ward

as Classroom Schoolboy

Joanne Gerrard

as Sarah

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