---
title: 'Thunderbirds Are Go (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Lane'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/thunderbirds-are-go-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061094/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Thunderbirds Are Go (1966)

1966 · 90 min · Action, Science Fiction, Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Thunderbirds Are Go is a 1966 British science fiction puppet film based on Thunderbirds, a Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Written by the Andersons and directed by David Lane, the film follows the spacecraft Zero-X as it carries the first human mission to Mars. When Zero-X suffers a malfunction during re-entry, it is up to life-saving organisation International Rescue, with the help of its technologically advanced Thunderbird machines, to activate the trapped crew's escape pod before the spacecraft hits the ground.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lane)
- **Screenplay:** [Gerry Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-anderson)
- **Producer:** [Gerry Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-anderson), [Sylvia Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-anderson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Barry Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-gray)

## Cast

- [Peter Dyneley](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-dyneley)
- [Bob Monkhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-monkhouse)
- [Neil McCallum](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-mccallum)
- [Ray Barrett](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-barrett)
- [Cliff Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-richard)
- [David Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-graham)
- [Bud Tingwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/bud-tingwell)
- [The Shadows](https://cinepixo.com/people/the-shadows)
- [Paul Maxwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-maxwell)
- [Shane Rimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/shane-rimmer)
- [Jeremy Wilkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-wilkin)
- [Christine Finn](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-finn)
- [Matt Zimmerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-zimmerman)

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