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.
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.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| James Bond | Sean Connery |
| Domino Derval | Claudine Auger |
| Emilio Largo | Adolfo Celi |
| Fiona Volpe | Luciana Paluzzi |
| Felix Leiter | Rik Van Nutter |
| "M" | Bernard Lee |
| Paula Caplan | Martine Beswick |
| Count Lippe | Guy Doleman |
| Patricia Fearing | Molly Peters |
| "Q" | Desmond Llewelyn |
| Moneypenny | Lois Maxwell |
| Foreign Secretary | Roland Culver |
| Pinder | Earl Cameron |
| Major Derval | Paul Stassino |
| Varga | Philip Locke |
| Kenniston | Reginald Beckwith |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Terence Young |
