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Thunderball
Release Date	December 29, 1965
Genre	Spy Fi
Director	Terence Young
Screenwriter	Kevin McClory Jack Whittingham Ian Fleming (novel)
Stars	Sean Connery Claudine Auger Adolfo Celi
Studio	United Artists (distribution)

Thunderball is the fourth instalment in the James Bond movie series & was based on the ninth James Bond novel.

Release date December 29, 1965

The SPECTRE organization hijacks a NATO plane and seizes two atomic warheads, each capable of killing millions of innocent people. As the world is held hostage by the threat of a nuclear nightmare, Bond is sent into action, racing against the clock as the trail leads him to tropical Nassau. There he meets Emilio Largo, a high-ranking agent of SPECTRE, and the stunning Domino, with whom he shares an attraction.

Cast

Sean Connery....James Bond

Claudine Auger....Dominique 'Domino' Derval

Adolfo Celi....Emilio Largo, SPECTRE #2

Luciana Paluzzi....Fiona Volpe

Rik Van Nutter....Felix Leiter

Guy Doleman....Count Lippe

Molly Peters....Patricia Fearing

Martine Beswick....Paula Caplan

Bernard Lee....M

Desmond Llewelyn....Q

Lois Maxwell....Miss Moneypenny

Trivia

Due to a legal dispute over the original novel idea the rights to Thunderball don't belong to Albert "Cubby" Broccoli's production company. (which produces the Bond series) Thunderball was remade as Never Say Never Again in 1983. which is considered to be "the unofficial Bond movie."

James Bond Topics
Bond Movies	Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights, Licence to Kill, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace
Bond Stories	Casino Royale, Risico
Bond Characters	James Bond