---
title: 'Mercury Rising (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harold Becker'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mercury-rising-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120749/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mercury Rising (1998)

1998 · 108 min · Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Mercury Rising is a 1998 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin. Directed by Harold Becker, the film is based on Ryne Douglas Pearson's 1996 novel originally published as Simple Simon, which was the working title of the film. Willis plays Art Jeffries, an undercover FBI agent who protects a nine-year-old autistic boy, Simon Lynch, who is targeted by government assassins after he cracks a top secret government code.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harold Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-becker)
- **Screenplay:** [Lawrence Konner](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-konner), [Mark Rosenthal](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-rosenthal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-barry)
- **Producer:** [Brian Grazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-grazer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Seresin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-seresin)
- **Editor:** [Peter Honess](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-honess)

## Cast

- [Chi McBride](https://cinepixo.com/people/chi-mcbride)
- [Miko Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/miko-hughes)
- [Lindsey Ginter](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsey-ginter)
- [John Doman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-doman)
- [Margaret Travolta](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-travolta)
- [Kevin Conway](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-conway)
- [Kim Dickens](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-dickens)
- [James MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-macdonald)
- [Jack Conley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-conley)
- [Richard Riehle](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-riehle)
- [Steve Rankin](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-rankin)
- [Chad Lindberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/chad-lindberg)
- [Carrie Preston](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-preston)
- [Jude Ciccolella](https://cinepixo.com/people/jude-ciccolella)
- [John Carroll Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carroll-lynch)

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