Date of Release
December 29th 1965, the London Pavilion and simultaneously
at the Rialto, Piccadilly, London.
Running Time
130 minutes
James Bond
Sean Connery
Plot
The criminal organisation SPECTRE hijack an RAF Vulcan
bomber and hold the Western World to ransom with its
deadly cargo of atomic bombs.
Bond’s Women
Domino Vitale (Claudine Auger)
Patricia Fearing (Molly Peters)
Mlle. Le Porte (Mitsouko)
Bond’s Enemies
Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi)
Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi)
Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Anthony Dawson – voice of
Eric Pohlmann)
Vargas (Philip Locke)
Janni (Michael Brennan)
Jacques Boitier (Bob Simmons)
Latislav Kutze (George Pravda)
Angelo Palazzi (Paul Stassino)
Bond’s Allies
Felix Leiter (Rik Van Nutter)
Paula Catlin (Martine Beswick)
Pinder (Earl Cameron)
‘M’ (Bernard Lee)
Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond's Car
Aston Martin DB5
Bond’s Gadgets
Bell-Textron Jet Pack.
Underwater propulsion backpack with exploding spearheads.
Underwater breathing device.
Main Title Music
‘Thunderball’ sung by Tom Jones
End Title Music
‘The James Bond Theme’
Music Score
John Barry
Production Design
Ken Adam
Main Titles Designer
Maurice Binder
Supervising Editor
Peter Hunt
Screenplay
Richard Maibaum & John Hopkins
Based on an original story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham
& Ian Fleming
Director of Photography
Ted Moore
Director
Terence Young
Presenters
*Harry Saltzman & Albert
R. Broccoli
The listing shown is contractual
for the Eastern Hemisphere and is reversed for the Western
Hemisphere
Producer
Kevin McClory
Filming Locations
Pinewood Studios, England
Bahamas
Château Vaux le Vicomte, Maincy, France
Miami, Florida, USA
Nassau, Bahamas
Paris, France
Budget
$5.5 million
Worldwide Box Office
$141.2 million
Worldwide Box Office Gross
Income 2002 inflation-adjusted
$807 million
(the highest-grossing Bond film
of all time!)
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