Overview

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

May Cronin

Tom Courtenay

Uncle Tony Cronin

Ian McElhinney

Brother Dowdall

Johnny Ward

Classroom Schoolboy

Sean Flanagan

Sean McCarthy

Buster Crabbe

Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)

Charles Middleton

Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)

Van Johnson

Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)