About
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.
Director
Producers
Marina Hughes, Claire Duignan, Noëlette Buckley
Music
Studio
Le Studio Canal+, Mercurian, Blue Rose, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, Jo Manuel Productions
Cast
Full credits →R
Rita Tushingham
May Cronin
T
Tom Courtenay
Uncle Tony Cronin
H
Hugh O'Conor
Paul
I
Ian McElhinney
Brother Dowdall
K
Kevin James
James "Mucker" Maguire
G
Gerard Cannon
Classroom Schoolboy
J
Johnny Ward
Classroom Schoolboy
S
Sean Flanagan
Sean McCarthy
L
Liam Heffernan
Usher
B
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)
C
Charles Middleton
Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
V
Van Johnson
Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
