Movie: The Boy from Mercury

Top 10 Billed Cast

Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham

May Cronin

Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay

Uncle Tony Cronin

Hugh O'Conor
Hugh O'Conor

Paul

James Hickey
James Hickey

Harry Cronin

Ian McElhinney
Ian McElhinney

Brother Dowdall

Kevin James
Kevin James

James "Mucker" Maguire

Gerard Cannon
Gerard Cannon

Classroom Schoolboy

Johnny Ward
Johnny Ward

Classroom Schoolboy

Joanne Gerrard
Joanne Gerrard

Sarah

Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan

Sean McCarthy

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1996-12-06

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    English

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