The Boy from Mercury Trailer (1996)

06 December 1996 Fantasy, Comedy, Family 87 mins

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.

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Cast

Rita Tushingham as May Cronin

Tom Courtenay as Uncle Tony Cronin

Hugh O'Conor as Paul

James Hickey as Harry Cronin

Ian McElhinney as Brother Dowdall

Kevin James as James "Mucker" Maguire

Gerard Cannon as Classroom Schoolboy

Johnny Ward as Classroom Schoolboy

Joanne Gerrard as Sarah

Sean Flanagan as Sean McCarthy

Liam Heffernan as Usher

Rachel Martin as Ice Cream Girl

Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)

Charles Middleton as Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)

Van Johnson as Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)

Crew

Martin Duffy Director

Claire Duignan Executive Producer

Stephen McKeon Original Music Composer

Marina Hughes Producer

Martin Duffy Writer

Lorna Marie Mugan Costume Design

Seamus Deasy Director of Photography

Gillian Reynolds Casting

Tom Conroy Production Design

John Victor-Smith Editor

Noëlette Buckley Line Producer

Gérard Jourd'hui Producer

Jo Manuel Executive Producer

Sylvaine Sainderichin Producer

Rod Stoneman Executive Producer

International Titles

Destination Mercure Trailer

II bambino che veniva da Mercurio Trailer

International Releases Dates

France 06 December 1996

United Kingdom 28 March 1997

Hungary 07 April 2001

Ireland 17 August 2025

Italy 27 July 1996

Production Companies

Le Studio Canal+

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

RTÉ

Mercurian

Blue Rose

Jo Manuel Productions

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