James Bond Sean Connery; Dominique
Derval (Domino) Claudine Auger; Emilio Largo Adolfo Celi; Fiona
Volpe Luciana Paluzzi; Felix Leiter Rik Van Nutter; Count
Lippe Guy Doleman; Patricia Fearing Mollie Peters (incorrectly
credited as Molly Peters); Paula Caplan Martine Beswick; M Bernard
Lee; Q Desmond Llewelyn; Miss Moneypenny Lois Maxwell; Foreign
Secretary Roland Culver; Pinder Earl Cameron; Angelo
Palazzi/Major Francois Derval Paul Stassino; Vargas Philip Locke;
Professor Ladislav Kutze George Pravda; Janni Michael Brennan;
Group Captain Leonard Sachs; Air Vice Marshall Sir John Edward
Underdown; Kenniston Reginald Beckwith; Hydrofoil Captain Harold
Sandersson; Ernst Stavro Blofeld Anthony Dawson with the voice of Joseph
Wiseman (both uncredited)
Connery is starting to play
Bond a lot more naturally. The beginnings of the "action hero" in Bond's
character are coming out, rather than the spy aspect. This is another fine adventure and
marks, in my opinion, the last real film with SPECTRE in it (Yeah, I know they
were in the next two, but it wasn't the same). A great Saturday afternoon Bond flick!
Did You Know..?
Thunderball was and still is a
controversial film. Jack Whittingham and Kevin McClory collaborated with Ian Fleming on
the novel. Fleming, however, did not acknowledge this and a lawsuit ensued. To make a long
story short, McClory won the film rights and Fleming, the print rights. That is why 1983's
Never Say Never Again and the proposed upcoming Warhead 2000 are around... McClory is
involved in the films! Notice the credits above and in the film and see who produced it.
Whittingham died in 1972 on the Isle of Malta (Thanks to Jonathan Whittingham for
the updated information involving his father).
The Disco Volante (Largo's yacht) was
not a model... it really seperated!
Sean Connery makes his first appearance
in the gun-barrel shoot that opens the movie.
Thunderball was remade 18 years later
as Never Say Never Again.
The End Of Thunderball...
But James Bond Will Return
in
You
Only Live Twice
