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.”
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
24 people
Barret Oliver
Daryl
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Mary Beth Hurt
Joyce Richardson
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Michael McKean
Andy Richardson
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Better Call Saul
Good Omens
Kathryn Walker
Dr. Ellen Lamb
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Neighbors
Slap Shot
Colleen Camp
Elaine Fox
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Knock Knock
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Josef Sommer
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Known for
Witness
Patch Adams
Steve Ryan
Howie Fox
Known for
Crime Story
Oz
Ron Frazier
General Graycliffe
Known for
Presumed Innocent
Fat Man and Little Boy
David Wohl
Mr. Nesbitt
Known for
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Hey Arnold!
Danny Corkill
Turtle
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Mrs. Soffel
Amy Linker
Sherie Lee Fox
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Mister T
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Ed Grady
Mr. Bergen
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The Notebook
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Simon Wincer Director · David Ambrose Writer Jeffrey Ellis Writer
Worldwide gross $7.8M · Budget $10M · United States release June 14, 1985
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$7,840,873
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
World Film Services
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 14, 1985
Theatrical
United States · June 14, 1985
Theatrical
France
June 25, 1986 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 14, 1985 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 19, 1986 · Theatrical
December 20, 2003 · TV · Yorin
July 7, 2005 · Physical · DVD
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