
The Boy from Mercury (1996)
6
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Dec 06, 1996 (US)
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Fantasy
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01:27
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.
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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