The Making of Thunderball (1965)

The Blockbuster Making of Thunderball (1965)

The 1965 James Bond film Thunderball stars Sean Connery as 007 in an underwater espionage thriller that raises the stakes for the series. When SPECTRE operative Emilio Largo hijacks two NATO atomic bombs and demands a massive ransom or threatens global destruction, Bond is dispatched to the Bahamas to recover the weapons. There, he encounters the glamorous Domino Derval, Largo’s mistress, who becomes key to stopping his plan. Featuring stunning underwater battles, exotic Caribbean locations, and cutting-edge gadgets like Bond’s jetpack, Thunderball became one of the most visually spectacular and highest-grossing Bond films of the 1960s, defining the grandeur and adventure that came to symbolize the franchise.

Directed by Terence Young
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum & John Hopkins
Original screenplay by Jack Whittingham
Story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, & Ian Fleming
Based on Thunderball by Ian Fleming
Produced by Kevin McClory
Sean Connery as James Bond, 007
Claudine Auger as Domino Derval
Adolfo Celi as Emelio Largo
Luciana Paluzzi as Fiona Volpe
Rik Van Nutter as Felix Leiter
Cinematography by Ted Moore
Edited by Peter Hunt & Ernest Hosler
Music by John Barry
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists

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