Thunderball Movie Review 1965

The fourth installment in Ian Fleming's James Bond series finds 007 on a mission to thwart SPECTRE, which has threatened to blow up Miami by atomic bomb if 100 million pounds in ransom is not paid. One of the more tedious Bond entries but a big boxoffice success. Tom Jones sang the title song. Remade as "Never Say Never Again" in 1983 with Connery reprising his role as Bond after a 12-year absence.

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 125 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Spies & Espionage, Terrorism, Scuba, Big Battles, James Bond, Books to Film: Ian Fleming, Top Grossing Films of 1965

Screenplay

John Hopkins, Richard Maibaum

Cast

Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik von Nutter, Martine Beswick, Molly Peters, Guy Doleman, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn

Cinematography

Ted Moore

Director

Terence Young

Music

John Barry

Producer

Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli, United Artists

Awards

Oscars 1965: Visual FX.