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The Boy from Mercury

Genre:FantasyComedyFamily

Released:1996-12-06

Runtime:87

Overview

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.


Cast:

Rita Tushingham

Character: May Cronin

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Tom Courtenay

Character: Uncle Tony Cronin

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Hugh O'Conor

Character: Paul

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James Hickey

Character: Harry Cronin

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Ian McElhinney

Character: Brother Dowdall

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Kevin James

Character: James "Mucker" Maguire

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Gerard Cannon

Character: Classroom Schoolboy

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Johnny Ward

Character: Classroom Schoolboy

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Joanne Gerrard

Character: Sarah

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Sean Flanagan

Character: Sean McCarthy

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Liam Heffernan

Character: Usher

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Rachel Martin

Character: Ice Cream Girl

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Buster Crabbe

Character: Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)

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Charles Middleton

Character: Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)

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Van Johnson

Character: Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)

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