D.A.R.Y.L.
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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.

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.

Family
Science Fiction
Adventure

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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.

Released June 14, 1985

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Language
en
Status
Released
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Barret Oliver

Barret Oliver

Daryl

Mary Beth Hurt

Mary Beth Hurt

Joyce Richardson

Michael McKean

Michael McKean

Andy Richardson

Kathryn Walker

Kathryn Walker

Dr. Ellen Lamb

Colleen Camp

Colleen Camp

Elaine Fox

Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Steve Ryan

Steve Ryan

Howie Fox

Ron Frazier

Ron Frazier

General Graycliffe

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