The Boy from Mercury (1996)
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
May Cronin
Tom Courtenay
Uncle Tony Cronin
Ian McElhinney
Brother Dowdall
Johnny Ward
Classroom Schoolboy
Sean Flanagan
Sean McCarthy
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)
Charles Middleton
Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
Van Johnson
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