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Thunderball

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• Adventure
• Crime/detective

• 1965
• Terence Young
• 130 mins
• PG

Summary

Oscar-winning spy adventure starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Adolfo Celi. A Nato aircraft has been stolen by criminal organisation Spectre and the world is threatened by its nuclear payload. Agent 007 is assigned to the case and the trail leads to the Bahamas and the sinister Emilio Largo.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

The Bond series went well and truly comic strip with this gadget-filled extravaganza that too often cuts plotline corners to squeeze in all the hi-tech hardware. Playing 007 for the fourth time, Sean Connery is still getting a kick out of the role, but he's less the suave spy and more the man of action than in previous outings. Adolfo Celi makes a worthy opponent, playing a Spectre bigwig, but Claudine Auger is one of the least memorable Bond girls. Director Terence Young never quite solves the pacing problems posed by filming underwater, but John Stears's Oscar-winning special effects more than compensate.

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6.9/10

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Cast

rolenameJames BondSean ConneryDomino DervalClaudine AugerEmilio LargoAdolfo CeliFiona VolpeLuciana PaluzziFelix LeiterRik Van Nutter"M"Bernard LeePaula CaplanMartine BeswickCount LippeGuy DolemanPatricia FearingMolly Peters"Q"Desmond LlewelynMoneypennyLois MaxwellForeign SecretaryRoland CulverPinderEarl CameronMajor DervalPaul StassinoVargaPhilip LockeKennistonReginald Beckwith

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Details

Released on

1966-03-14

Languages

English | English | French

Guidance

violence.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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