• Director(s)

    Jack Stephens

  • Production Year

    1971

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    56m

  • Cast

    David Spooner, Sally-Ann Marlowe, Brent Oldfield

Film

Blinker's Spy-spotter

brief mild comic violence

BLINKER'S SPY-SPOTTER is a British children’s adventure in which a child inventor teams up with his friends to save his father’s top-secret invention from crooks. …

BLINKER'S SPY-SPOTTER is a British children’s adventure in which a child inventor teams up with his friends to save his father’s top-secret invention from crooks.

violence
There are occasional scenes in which violence is inflicted on the two crooks by the hero characters. However, the violence is always slapstick and comic in nature and there is no focus on realistic injury detail. Moments include headbutting a comically villainous character in the groin. There is also a brief fight scene involving a chokehold.
additional issues
There are infrequent scenes of dangerous behaviour. For example, the booby traps devised by the young hero include rigging a small wooden bridge so that unsympathetic characters fall into a large puddle of muddy water below. However, it is clear that the boy is setting these traps in order to protect himself and that such behaviour is not normally acceptable. The hero character also uses a range of electric powered gadgets that he has invented, however, it is made clear that the gadgets are not easily obtainable or not harm free. Very mild threat occurs and there is a brief scene of bullying which has a swift and reassuring outcome.

  • Director(s)

    Jack Stephens

  • Production Year

    1971

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    56m

  • Cast

    David Spooner, Sally-Ann Marlowe, Brent Oldfield

brief mild comic violence
Classified Date:
23/12/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
violence
There are occasional scenes in which violence is inflicted on the two crooks by the hero characters. However, the violence is always slapstick and comic in nature and there is no focus on realistic injury detail. Moments include headbutting a comically villainous character in the groin. There is also a brief fight scene involving a chokehold.
additional issues
There are infrequent scenes of dangerous behaviour. For example, the booby traps devised by the young hero include rigging a small wooden bridge so that unsympathetic characters fall into a large puddle of muddy water below. However, it is clear that the boy is setting these traps in order to protect himself and that such behaviour is not normally acceptable. The hero character also uses a range of electric powered gadgets that he has invented, however, it is made clear that the gadgets are not easily obtainable or not harm free. Very mild threat occurs and there is a brief scene of bullying which has a swift and reassuring outcome.

  • Classified date

    23/12/2022

  • Language

    English