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The Boy from Mercury

Martin Duffy

1996 • 1h 27m

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 lif...

The Boy from Mercury

Cast

Rita Tushingham

Rita TushinghamMay Cronin

Tom Courtenay

Tom CourtenayUncle Tony Cronin

Hugh O'ConorPaul

James HickeyHarry Cronin

Ian McElhinney

Ian McElhinneyBrother Dowdall

Kevin JamesJames "Mucker" Maguire

Gerard CannonClassroom Schoolboy

Johnny Ward

Johnny WardClassroom Schoolboy

Joanne GerrardSarah

Sean Flanagan

Sean FlanaganSean McCarthy

Liam HeffernanUsher

Rachel MartinIce Cream Girl

Buster Crabbe

Buster CrabbeFlash Gordon (Archive Footage)

Charles Middleton

Charles MiddletonMing the Merciless (Archive Footage)

Van Johnson

Van JohnsonGame Show Contestant (Archive Footage)

Crew

Stephen McKeon

Stephen McKeonOriginal Music Composer

Noëlette Buckley

Noëlette BuckleyLine Producer

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