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D.A.R.Y.L.

He can fly a jet, race a car and outsmart a computer. The government created him and now they want him destroyed.

1985 · PG · 1h 40m

Directed by Simon Wincer

6.4

TMDB audience score
384 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Barret Oliver
    Daryl

  • Mary Beth Hurt
    Joyce Richardson

  • Michael McKean
    Andy Richardson

  • Kathryn Walker
    Dr. Ellen Lamb

  • Colleen Camp
    Elaine Fox

  • Josef Sommer
    Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

  • Steve Ryan
    Howie Fox

  • Ron Frazier
    General Graycliffe

  • David Wohl
    Mr. Nesbitt

  • Danny Corkill
    Turtle

  • Amy Linker
    Sherie Lee Fox

  • Ed Grady
    Mr. Bergen

  • Tucker McGuire
    Mrs. Bergen

  • Richard Hammatt
    Dr. Mulligan

  • Jessica Johnson Tavenner
    Melanie

  • Noreen Lange
    Facility Matron

  • Stacy Woods
    Basketball Kid No.2

  • Ginny Light
    Plump Woman