The Boy from Mercury

The Boy from Mercury — Plot

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 6, 1996
• Runtime
• 87 min
• Genres
• Fantasy, Comedy, Family
• Director
• Martin Duffy

The Boy from Mercury — Cast

Rita Tushingham May Cronin Tom Courtenay Uncle Tony Cronin Hugh O'Conor Paul

J

James Hickey Harry Cronin Ian McElhinney Brother Dowdall

K

Kevin James James "Mucker" Maguire

G

Gerard Cannon Classroom Schoolboy Johnny Ward Classroom Schoolboy