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Thunderball

Thunderball

Look up! Look down! Look out! Here comes the biggest Bond of all!

19656.72h 10m

Overview

A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.

Directed by Terence Young
Written by Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins, Jack Whittingham
Produced by Kevin McClory
Box OfficeBudget: $9.0MRevenue: $141.2M

Top Cast

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

James Bond

Claudine Auger

Claudine Auger

Dominique 'Domino' Derval

Adolfo Celi

Adolfo Celi

Emilio Largo

Luciana Paluzzi

Luciana Paluzzi

Fiona Volpe

Rik Van Nutter

Rik Van Nutter

Felix Leiter

Guy Doleman

Guy Doleman

Count Lippe

Molly Peters

Molly Peters

Patricia Fearing

Martine Beswick

Martine Beswick

Paula Caplan

Bernard Lee

Bernard Lee

M

Desmond Llewelyn

Desmond Llewelyn

Q

Themes & Keywords

seafloridaparis, francespyfighter pilotbahamassanatoriumsecret organizationnuclear missilecoral reefsecret agentscuba divingbritish spysharkscubabritish secret servicebig benjames bond

About Thunderball

Thunderball is a adventure, action, thriller film released in 1965 exploring themes of sea, florida, paris, france, spy, fighter pilot, bahamas. Directed by Terence Young, it stars Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi. A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.

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