The Boy from Mercury

1h 27m

Fantasy Comedy Family

6

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

Uncle Tony Cronin

Brother Dowdall

James "Mucker" Maguire

Classroom Schoolboy

Classroom Schoolboy

Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)

Charles Middleton

Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)

Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)

Crew

Director, Writer

John Victor-Smith

Director of Photography, Cinematography

Brendan Geraghty

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Production Coordinator

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Gérard Jourd'hui

Sylvaine Sainderichin

Noëlette Buckley

Production Design, Production Designer

Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Gillian Reynolds

Lorna Marie Mugan

Lorna Ó Ríordáin

Jo Kissack Folsom

Wardrobe Assistant

Caitriona Ní Threasaigh

Wardrobe Assistant

Wardrobe Assistant

Brid Broadberry

Assistant Art Director

Assistant Art Director

Christopher Ackland

Robin O'Donoghue

Gordon Greenaway

Assistant Sound Editor

Peter Steinbach

Philippe Faujas

Sound Recordist

Pauline Griffiths

Original Music Composer

Music Coordinator

Dialogue Editor

Philip Henderson

Still Photographer

Production Manager

Bridget Timmons