Thunderbird 6 (1968)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

David Lane

Writers:

Gerry Anderson (writer)
Sylvia Anderson (writer)

Release Date:

3 August 1968 (Japan)

Genre:

Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The International Rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary...

Plot Keywords:

Supermarionation | Puppet | Kids And Family | Number In Title

Cast

Peter Dyneley	...	Jeff Tracy (voice)
Sylvia Anderson	...	Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward (voice)
Shane Rimmer	...	Scott Tracy (voice)
Jeremy Wilkin	...	Virgil Tracy / Hogarth (voice)
Matt Zimmerman	...	Alan Tracy / Carter (voice)
David Graham	...	Gordon Tracy / Brains / Aloysius Parker (voice)
Keith Alexander	...	John Tracy / Narrator (voice)
Gary Files	...	The Hood (Black Phantom) / Captain Foster (I) / Lane (voice)
Christine Finn	...	Tin-Tin / Indian Fortune-teller (voice)
John Carson	...	Captain Foster (II) (voice)
Geoffrey Keen	...	James Glenn (voice)

Also Known As:

Thunderbird 6: The Movie (Australia)
Thunderbird Six (International: English title) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:6

Company:

Associated Television (Overseas) Limited

Trivia:

The Black Phantom is actually the Hood puppet with a black wig on his head.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Lady Penelope is so concerned with the fate of the DX 102 airliner crash, she doesn't notice that the second and third paragraphs in the bogus newspaper report of the crash are exactly the same as the first.

Quotes:

Virgil Tracy: [referring to the Tiger Moth inside the pod] I've got a Tiger in my tank.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from "Thunderbirds" (1965)

Soundtrack:

The Man in his Flying Machine

Better than Thunderbirds movie

Having just seen the Thunderbirds (2004) remake, I've decided that Thunderbird 6 is great although I've bagged Thunderbirds are GO in the past (the other movie that spelt the end of the TV franchise). But it brings up the question yet again, like the show, why if International Rescue is to remain secret do the members of it keep going around telling everyone who they are! And why would IR go on this around-the-world trip when it isn't a rescue situation?

Still, I think the sets and special effects are great and parts are suspenseful, but I could've done with less of Alan and Jeff Tracy (two really annoying characters even if they are puppets) and more of the other characters. And Brians' little tiff at Jeff's 'bullying' of him to build another Thunderbird quick smart, reminds me of a workmate who was having a hard time with the boss and who...oh, never mind.

Slow but good stuff.