Short film

Stingray: A Christmas to Remember

1964 · 26 min

A gentle, old-fashioned undersea adventure that balances festive warmth with a low-stakes mystery, easy to watch and mildly suspenseful.

Overview: Troy promises an orphaned son of a recently deceased WASP aquanaut a Christmas to remember at Marineville, whilst the Stingray crew tries to solve the mystery surrounding a mysteriously abandoned enemy craft.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, mystery, grief, found family
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
mystery
grief
found family
survival
Places: sea
military
Era: near-future
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: action, adventure, drama, family, fantasy, science fiction, tv movie
Directed by: Alan Pattillo
Written by: Dennis Spooner
Starring: Don Mason, Robert Easton, Ray Barrett, Lois Maxwell, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson
Music: Barry Gray
Cinematography: John Read
Runtime: 26 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English