The Boy from Mercury

December. 06,1996      
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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