The Boy from Mercury
1996•1h 27m•8.0•Released
FantasyComedyFamily
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
Writer
Martin Duffy
Languages
English
Studio
Le Studio Canal+
Cast
Rita Tushingham
May Cronin
Tom Courtenay
Uncle Tony Cronin
Hugh O'Conor
Paul
James Hickey
Harry Cronin
Ian McElhinney
Brother Dowdall
Kevin James
James "Mucker" Maguire
Gerard Cannon
Classroom Schoolboy
Johnny Ward
Classroom Schoolboy
Joanne Gerrard
Sarah
Sean Flanagan
Sean McCarthy
Liam Heffernan
Usher
Rachel Martin
Ice Cream Girl
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)
Charles Middleton
Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
Van Johnson
Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
Production
Company
Le Studio Canal+
Company
Mercurian
Company
Blue Rose
Company
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Company
RTÉ
Company
Jo Manuel Productions
Producer
Marina Hughes
Producer
Gérard Jourd'hui
Producer
Sylvaine Sainderichin
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