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The Boy from Mercury

8.019961h 27mMovieFantasyComedyFamily

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…

DirectorMartin Duffy
WriterMartin Duffy
ProducersMarina Hughes·Claire Duignan

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Cast · Directed by Martin Duffy

RTRita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham
May Cronin
TCTom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay
Uncle Tony Cronin
HOHugh O'Conor
Hugh O'Conor
Paul
JH
James Hickey
Harry Cronin
IMIan McElhinney
Ian McElhinney
Brother Dowdall
KJ
Kevin James
James "Mucker" Maguire
GC
Gerard Cannon
Classroom Schoolboy
JWJohnny Ward
Johnny Ward
Classroom Schoolboy
JG
Joanne Gerrard
Sarah
SFSean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
Sean McCarthy
LH
Liam Heffernan
Usher
RM
Rachel Martin
Ice Cream Girl

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The Boy from Mercury hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around January 24, 1997. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.