Director: Terence Young

Writers: Richard Maibaum; John Hopkins; Jack Whittingham; Kevin McClory

From novel: Thunderball by Ian Fleming

Music Composed and Conducted by: John Barry

Producer: Kevin McClory

Keywords: Action/Adventure, James Bond, Loose Nukes

The SPECTRE organization hijacks two nuclear warheads in-flight with the intent to extort ฃ100 million ransom. Following a lead, James Bond ventures to the Caribbean where he encounters Domino Derval, sister of the pilot deemed responsible, and her husband the wealthy Emilio Largo. Over-the-top yet somehow taking itself seriously. The extensive underwater scenes won that year's Oscar for Special Visual Effects. Theme song sung by Tom Jones.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Reginald Beckwith	Actor	2-Nov-1908	26-Jun-1965	The Million Pound Note
Martine Beswick	Actor	26-Sep-1941		One Million Years B.C.
Adolfo Celi	Actor	27-Jul-1922	19-Feb-1986	And Then There Were None
Sean Connery	Actor	25-Aug-1930		James Bond
Roland Culver	Actor	21-Aug-1900	29-Feb-1984	Dead of Night
Bernard Lee	Actor	10-Jan-1908	16-Jan-1981	James Bond's M
Desmond Llewelyn	Actor	12-Sep-1914	19-Dec-1999	"Q" in James Bond films
Lois Maxwell	Actor	14-Feb-1927	29-Sep-2007	Miss Moneypenny
Luciana Paluzzi	Actor	10-Jun-1937		Thunderball

CAST

Sean Connery	...   James Bond
Starring
Claudine Auger	...   Domino
Adolfo Celi	...   Largo
Luciana Paluzzi	...   Fiona
and
Rik Van Nutter	...   Felix Leiter
with
Bernard Lee	...   M
Martine Beswick	...   Paula
Guy Doleman	...   Count Lippe
Molly Peters	...   Patricia
and
Desmond Llewelyn	...   Q
Lois Maxwell	...   Moneypenny
Roland Culver	...   Foreign Secretary
Earl Cameron	...   Pinder
Paul Stassino	...   Palazzi
Rose Alba	...   Madame Boitier
Philip Locke	...   Vargas
George Pravda	...   Kutze
Michael Brennan	...   Janni
Leonard Sachs	...   Group Captain
Edward Underdown	...   Air Vice Marshal
Reginald Beckwith	...   Kenniston
Harold Sanderson	...   Hydrofoil Captain

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