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Thunderball
Look up! Look down! Look out! Here comes the biggest Bond of all!
( Action / Adventure / Thriller )


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US Runtime: 130 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom / United Kingdom

Premiere Date:
Dec 11, 1965   [USA]
 
Director: Terence Young   [Director]
 
Writers: John Hopkins   [Screenplay]
Richard Maibaum   [Screenplay]
Kevin McClory   [Story]
Jack Whittingham   [Screenplay]
Jack Whittingham   [Story]
 
Producers: Albert R. Broccoli   [Executive Producer]
Kevin McClory   [Producer]
Harry Saltzman   [Executive Producer]
Stanley Sopel   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Ted Moore   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Ernest Hosler   [Editor]
Peter R. Hunt   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by John Barry   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Ken Adam   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Anthony Mendleson   [Costume Design]
Anthony Mendleson   [Wardrobe Designer]
 
Production Companys: EON Productions   (GB)
United Artists   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.

Cast:

Sean Connery
James Bond
Claudine Auger
Dominique 'Domino' Derval
Adolfo Celi
Emilio Largo
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
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 Marshall
Reginald Beckwith
Kenniston
Harold Sanderson
Hydrofoil Captain
Jack Gwillim
Senior RAF Staff Officer
Mitsouko
Madame La Porte
Philip Stone
SPECTRE Number 5
Anthony Dawson
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Bob Simmons
Colonel Jacques Bouvar - SPECTRE #6
André Maranne
SPECTRE #10
Nikki Van der Zyl
Dominique 'Domino' Derval (voice)
 

Uncredited Cast:


Suzy Kendall
Prue (uncredited)
Kevin McClory
Man Smoking at Nassau Casino (uncredited)
Richard Graydon
Largo's Henchman (uncredited)
 
Michael Culver
Vulcan Bomber Crewman (uncredited)
Barbara Jefford
Patricia Fearing (voice) (uncredited)
Bob Simmons
Jacques Bouvar - SPECTRE #6 (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Bob Simmons
Stunt Double
 
Dick Ziker
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


Maurice Askew
Sound Recordist
 
Bert Ross
Sound Recordist
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


John Stears
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Maurice Binder
Main Title Designer
Willie Meyers
Location Scout
Peter Murton
Art Direction
 
Freda Pearson
Set Dresser
Michael White
Assistant Art Director
 

Directing Crew:


Gus Agosti
Assistant Director
 
Robert Watts
Second Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Lamar Boren
Underwater Camera
Michael Reed
Second Unit Director of Photography
 
Jimmy Spoard
Grip
John Winbolt
Camera Operator
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


John Brady
Wardrobe Master
 
Eileen Sullivan
Wardrobe Master
 
 

Other Crew:


Albert R. Broccoli
Presenter
 
Harry Saltzman
Presenter
 
 

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