Thunderball (James Bond 007)
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
12 September 1914, Newport, Wales, UK
31 January 1912, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
14 February 1927, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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19 June 1918, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Prague, Czech Republic]
October 30, 1931 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK
18 October 1916, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
14 April 1924, Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
1935 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK
September 25, 1927 in Bridgetown, Barbados
21 August 1900, London, England, UK
26 September 1941, Port Antonio, Jamaica
7 November 1912, Berlin, Germany
December 4, 1921 in Ahmedabad, India
26 July 1930, Plymstock, Devon, England, UK
16 September 1923, Toronto, Canada
1927, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
September 3, 1941 in Tianjin, China
2 November 1908, York, England, UK
4 April 1921, Bromley, Kent, England, UK
30 June 1924, Brussels, Belgium
26 September 1909, Roodeport, Transvaal, South Africa
16 June 1938, Hampstead, London, England, UK
January 5, 1920 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK
1926, Paris, France
October 23, 2015
Terence Young's direction is nothing if not taut, whisking the narrative along with the speed and precision of a jet plane, defying one to express boredom.
October 29, 2012
The fourth, most commercially successful Bond to date, is known for its pre-credits sequences, underwater battles, and escalating number of violent deaths.
October 23, 2012
Connery's Bond was never better than this.
October 27, 2015
Director Terence Young never quite solves the pacing problems posed by filming underwater, but John Stears's Oscar-winning special effects more than compensate.
June 24, 2006
The fourth Bond, marking the point at which spectacular hardware began to dominate the series. Sleek and quite fun all the same.
October 27, 2015
For all its flaws, it was classic Bond. And remains so.
May 09, 2005
The color is handsome. The scenery in the Bahamas is an irresistible lure. Even the violence is funny. That's the best I can say for a Bond film.
May 06, 2008
Slightly bloated Bond, with too much technology for my taste and a climactic slaughter that's a little too mindless to be much fun.
October 23, 2015
Connery's last exceptional Bond as it gives 007 a competent villain, a thrilling adventure in an unusual setting, great Bond Babes and one of the series' all-time best scenes.
May 06, 2008
There's visible evidence that the reported $5.5 million budget was no mere publicity figure; it's posh all the way.
January 01, 2000
Classic 007 -- not the best picture in the long-running series, to be sure, but a more-than-worthwhile diversion for the action-loving escapist in us all.
October 13, 2008
If Thunderball's gimmickry seems to overreach at times, Actor Connery gains assurance from film to film, by now delivers all his soppiest Jimcracks martini-dry.
