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The Boy from Mercury

The Boy from Mercury

8.0 (2) ·1996 ·87 min ·Movie
Fantasy Comedy Family

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.

Top Cast

Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham
May Cronin
Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay
Uncle Tony Cronin
Hugh O'Conor
Hugh O'Conor
Paul
James Hickey
Harry Cronin
Ian McElhinney
Ian McElhinney
Brother Dowdall
Kevin James
James "Mucker" Maguire
Gerard Cannon
Classroom Schoolboy
Johnny Ward
Johnny Ward
Classroom Schoolboy
Joanne Gerrard
Sarah
Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
Sean McCarthy

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