The Boy from Mercury
The Boy from Mercury
Release: 1996-12-06
·Runtime: 87m
·★ 6.0
Fantasy
Comedy
Family
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.
Production Countries
Ireland
France
United Kingdom
Cast
Rita Tushingham
as May Cronin
Tom Courtenay
as Uncle Tony Cronin
Hugh O'Conor
as Paul
Ian McElhinney
as Brother Dowdall
Johnny Ward
as Classroom Schoolboy
Sean Flanagan
as Sean McCarthy
Buster Crabbe
as Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)
Charles Middleton
as Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
Van Johnson
as Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
