Yearning to watch 'The Boy from Mercury' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Martin Duffy-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.
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Released , 'The Boy from Mercury' stars Rita Tushingham, Tom Courtenay, Hugh O'Conor, James Hickey The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a user score of 60 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 1 respected users.
Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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." .
