Sky Pirates

1980
1h

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Jamie Foreman, Reginald Marsh, Bill Maynard, Michael McVey, Sylvia O'Donnell, and Adam Richens in Sky Pirates (1980)

Adventure film involving two boys who wage a battle against diamond smugglers with radio controlled model Spitfire aeroplanes loaded with darts. When their model plane crashes Mike and Harr... Read allAdventure film involving two boys who wage a battle against diamond smugglers with radio controlled model Spitfire aeroplanes loaded with darts. When their model plane crashes Mike and Harry are befriended by ex-pilot Charlie Bradford and his niece Maggie, who teach them how to ... Read allAdventure film involving two boys who wage a battle against diamond smugglers with radio controlled model Spitfire aeroplanes loaded with darts. When their model plane crashes Mike and Harry are befriended by ex-pilot Charlie Bradford and his niece Maggie, who teach them how to fly radio-controlled planes. When crooks steal Charlie's latest model in an attempt to smu... Read all

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6.8/10

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Uncredited appearance by Tom Georgeson as diamond smuggler.

Goofs
The blue Citroen DS driven by the diamond smuggler (played by Tom Georgeson) has a French number plate but it is right-hand drive.

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5/10

Past the Golden Years

I expect that those whose formative years were the '70s will quite enjoy this, but for those slightly older it compares unfavourably with the older, classic, gritty B&W CFF films like "Skid Kids" and "Adventures in the Hopfields".

Still, it's not unenjoyable, though the plot is rather silly. Like many 1970s films the colour-probably almost mandatory by then-is rather fuzzy and adds nothing to the overall quality. Rather embarrassing now to see boys with those ridiculous long hair styles-did we really all look like that!

Nice to see Bill Maynard-always good value-as the kindly father/model aircraft builder...