The Boy from Mercury (1996)

★ 6.0 1h 27m IMDb
Comedy Fantasy Family
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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.

The Boy from Mercury

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Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham as May Cronin Age 84 · Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK Rita Tushingham (born 14 March 1942) is an English actress. She is known for her starring roles in films including A Taste of Honey (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)...
Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay as Uncle Tony Cronin Age 89 · Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK An English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Dr. Zhivago (1965). Since the...
Hugh O'Conor
Hugh O'Conor as Paul Age 51 · Dublin, Ireland Hugh O'Conor is an Irish actor, writer, director, and photographer. In 2020, he was listed as number 49 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors..
Ian McElhinney
Ian McElhinney as Brother Dowdall Age 77 · Belfast, Northern Ireland Ian McElhinney (born 19 August 1948) is a Northern Irish actor and director. He has appeared in many television series in a career spanning more than forty years; notable appearances include Taggart,...
Johnny Ward
Johnny Ward as Classroom Schoolboy Age 38 · Walkinstown, Dublin, Ireland
Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan as Sean McCarthy Dublin, Ireland Sean Flanagan is a Writer and Comedian, best known for his involvement in the comedy trio Foil, Arms and Hog..
Director Martin Duffy
Cast Rita Tushingham, Tom Courtenay, Hugh O'Conor, James Hickey, Ian McElhinney, Kevin James, Gerard Cannon, Johnny Ward, Joanne Gerrard, Sean Flanagan

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