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Thunderball (1965)

Thunderball
Thunderball
PG
Action
Adventure
Crime
Thriller

Release Date
December 11, 1965
Director
Terence Young
Cast
Sean Connery , Claudine Auger , Adolfo Celi , Luciana Paluzzi , Rik Van Nutter , Guy Doleman
Runtime
130
Main Genre
Action
Writers
Richard Maibaum , John Hopkins , Jack Whittingham , Kevin McClory , Ian Fleming
Tagline
Look Up! Look Down! Look Out! Here Comes The Biggest Bond Of All!
Franchise
007 - James Bond

Summary

When a British Vulcan bomber is stolen with two atomic bombs on board, James Bond is one step ahead of his fellow agents when they are assigned to track down the aircraft. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. then announce that they have the plane and will detonate the bombs unless 100 million worth of uncut diamonds are delivered. He tracks the plane down to the Bahamas but still has to deal with the deadly Emilio Largo.

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