Thunderbird 6 (1968)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 89 mins
Format: Technicolor     35mm     Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: AP Films Ltd / Century 21 Productions
Executive Producer: Gerry Anderson
Producer: Sylvia Anderson
Production Manager: Norman Foster

SCRIPT
Script: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson

DIRECTION
Director: David Lane
Assistant Director: Peter Anderson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Harry Oakes
Location Unit Cameraman: Ted Fowler
Camera Operator: Peter Nash
Location Unit Operators: Derek Black, Tommy Fletcher
Focus Operator: Ian Vinson
Lab: Technicolor

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Len Walter
Assistant Editor: Len Cleal

MUSIC
Music / Arranger / Musical Director: Barry Gray

SOUND
Sound Recording: Anvil Films
Supervising Sound Editor: John Peverill
Sound Editors: Peter Pennell, Brian Hickin
Lip Synch Operator: Ian Spurrier

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Characters Dressed By: Kim Martin

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Puppet Coordinator: Mary Turner
Characters Operator: Wanda Webb
Character Operator Assistants: Linda Rutter, Sheana McGregor, Charmaine Wood
Puppet Workshop: Terry Curtis, Tim Cooksey, Plugg Shutt
Location Unit Remote Control F1: Eric Faulkner

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Director: Derek Meddings
Visual Effects Assistant: Ian Wingrove
Model Makers: Ray Brown, Peter Ashton, Eric Backman
Model Workshop: Brian Smithies

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Bob Bell
Set Designers: Keith Wilson, John Lageu
Property Maker: Tony Dunsterville
Property Master: Peter Holmes

MISCELLANEOUS
Tiger Moth Pilot: Joan Hughes

LOCATIONS
Studio: Century 21 Studios, England, UK

CAST
Peter Dyneley (Jeff Tracy)
Christine Finn (Tin-Tin)
Keith Alexander (Black Phantom / John Tracy)
Jeremy Wilkin (Virgil Tracy / Hogarth)
Gary Files (Foster 1 / Lane)
John Carson (Foster 2)
Sylvia Anderson (Lady Penelope)
David Graham (Brains / Gordon Tracy / Parker)
Matt Zimmerman (Alan Tracy)
Geoffrey Keen (controller)
Shane Rimmer (Scott Tracy)

PLOT SUMMARY

Brains has developed a new airship, Skyship One, while also trying to develop a new Thunderbird for a demanding and fussy Jeff Tracy. But when Skyship One is hijacked on its maiden voyage by terrorists bent on crashing it into a missile silo, International Rescue swing into action – passengers Lady Penelope, Parker, Alan and Tin-Tin fight the hijackers from within, while the rest of the team deploy their hi-tech arsenal – including Brains' less-than-hi-tech latest suggestion for Thunderbird 6 – to save the day.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Video Distributors: Carlton Video

USA
Theatrical Distributors: United Artists
Video Distributors: MGM / UA Home Entertainment Inc
Laserdisc Distributors: MGM / UA Home Video (ML 102878 – on double bill with Thunderbirds Are Go! (1966))

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: U

USA
Rating: G

West Germany
Rating: 6

TIMELINE

1968
July
28: UK - theatrical release (in London)

1993
July
14: USA - laserdisc release (MGM / UA Home Video (ML 102878 – on double bill with Thunderbirds Are Go! (1966)))

2003
August
23: UK - television broadcast (on Five)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

L'odyssée du cosmos - French title
Thunderbirds et Lady Pénélope - French title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Thunderbirds (1964 - 1966)
Thunderbirds Are Go! (1966)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique vol.36 no.4 (August / September 2004) p.61 (USA)
illustrated DVD review

Daily Cinema no.9543 (3 July 1968) p.3 (UK)
review

Kine Weekly no.3168 (29 June 1968) p.17 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.35 no.415 (August 1968) p.122 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

OTHER SOURCES

British National Film Catalogue vol.6 (1968)
credits

KEYWORDS

airships, the future, puppets, supermarionation

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009