Movie
D.A.R.Y.L.
Overview
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-06-14
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Family, Science Fiction, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, World Film Services
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Barret Oliver as Daryl
- Mary Beth Hurt as Joyce Richardson
- Michael McKean as Andy Richardson
- Kathryn Walker as Dr. Ellen Lamb
- Colleen Camp as Elaine Fox
- Josef Sommer as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
- Steve Ryan as Howie Fox
- Ron Frazier as General Graycliffe
- David Wohl as Mr. Nesbitt
- Danny Corkill as Turtle
- Amy Linker as Sherie Lee Fox
- Ed Grady as Mr. Bergen
Crew
- Simon Wincer - Director
- David Ambrose - Writer
- Jeffrey Ellis - Writer
- Allan Scott - Writer
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