The Boy from Mercury

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: December 06, 1996

Status: Released

Genres:

Fantasy

Comedy

Family

60

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

Liam Heffernan

Usher

Rachel Martin

Ice Cream Girl