The Boy from Mercury
1996 · 87 min
Fantasy · Comedy · Family
★ 8.0Set 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.
Crew
- Director Martin Duffy
- Writer Martin Duffy
- Director of Photography Seamus Deasy
Cast
Rita Tushingham
May Cronin
Tom Courtenay
Uncle Tony Cronin
Hugh O'Conor
Paul
- J
James Hickey
Harry Cronin
Ian McElhinney
Brother Dowdall
- K
Kevin James
James "Mucker" Maguire
- G
Gerard Cannon
Classroom Schoolboy
Johnny Ward
Classroom Schoolboy
- J
Joanne Gerrard
Sarah
Sean Flanagan
Sean McCarthy
- L
Liam Heffernan
Usher
- R
Rachel Martin
Ice Cream Girl
Crew
- Director — Martin Duffy
- Writer — Martin Duffy
- Director of Photography — Seamus Deasy
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