Thunderball

Thunderball....

The fourth Bond film carries a breezy air of confidence and dare as it pits 007 against S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

Bond`s mission is to find two NATO atomic bombs stolen by spectre, which  holds the world ransom for £100 million in diamonds, in exchange for not destroying an unspecified major city in either England or the United States (later revealed to be Miami.).The search leads Bond to the Bahamas,where he encounters Emilio Largo, the eye-patch wearing SPECTRE Number Two.

The title song was a strong follow-up to Goldfinger, and belted out by the great Tom Jones.

Cast :

James Bond - Sean Connery

Emilio Largo - Adolfo Celi

Dominique "Domino" Derval - Claudine Auge

Felix Leiter - Rik Van Nutter

M - Bernard Lee

Count Lippe - Guy Doleman

Q - Desmond Llewelyn

Miss Moneypenny - Lois Maxwell

Vargas - Philip Locke.

Directed by - Terence Young

Produced by - Kevin McClory

Written by - Ian Fleming

                    Kevin McClory
                    Jack Whittingham

Music by - John Barry

Bond theme - Thunderball - Tom Jones

Bond vehicles : Aston Martin DB5

                         Bell Rocket Belt

Release date - 9th December 1965

Running time - 130 mins