The Boy from Mercury

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Rita Tushingham

May Cronin

Age : 82 | Popularity : 8%

Tom Courtenay

Uncle Tony Cronin

Age : 87 | Popularity : 13%

Hugh O'Conor

Paul

Age : 49 | Popularity : 3%

James Hickey

Harry Cronin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ian McElhinney

Brother Dowdall

Age : 76 | Popularity : 5%

Kevin James

James "Mucker" Maguire

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Gerard Cannon

Classroom Schoolboy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Johnny Ward

Classroom Schoolboy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	John Victor-Smith
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Lorna Marie Mugan
Sound	Original Music Composer	Stephen McKeon
Camera	Director of Photography	Seamus Deasy
Directing	Director	Martin Duffy
Writing	Writer	Martin Duffy
Production	Producer	Marina Hughes
	Casting	Gillian Reynolds
	Executive Producer	Claire Duignan
Art	Production Design	Tom Conroy
Department	Role	Name

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