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Thunderball
Quad vintage
UK Quad poster for the 1965 James Bond film, Thunderball. It was the fourth film in the franchise and starred Sean Connery in his fourth outing as MI6 agent 007.
Key Film Details

Release Dates: The world premiere took place in Tokyo on December 9, 1965. It opened in the United States on December 22, 1965, and in the United Kingdom on December 29, 1965.
Director: Terence Young.
Producers: Produced by Kevin McClory, with Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli as executive producers.
Plot: Bond is dispatched to the Bahamas to recover two NATO nuclear warheads stolen by the criminal organization SPECTRE, led by the villainous Emilio Largo.
Legacy: Thunderball was the first Bond film to win an Academy Award, receiving the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

Notable Cast
Actor Role
Sean Connery James Bond (007)
Claudine Auger Dominique "Domino" Derval
Adolfo Celi Emilio Largo (SPECTRE #2)
Luciana Paluzzi Fiona Volpe (SPECTRE assassin)
Rik Van Nutter Felix Leiter (CIA agent)
Bernard Lee M
Desmond Llewelyn Q
Lois Maxwell Miss Moneypenny
Poster Trivia
The artwork for this iconic "Biggest Bond of All!" poster was designed by Robert McGinnis. It was the first Bond campaign McGinnis worked on, famously depicting Bond in a diver's wetsuit surrounded by "Bond girls" to highlight the film's extensive underwater action sequences.
Thunderball - Before (Poster)
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