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.
15 December 1909, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
10 January 1908, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
September 3, 1941 in Tianjin, China
1927, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
September 4, 1917 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
23 September 1929, London, England, UK
1926, Paris, France
January 17, 1930 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
18 July 1913, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
26 April 1941, Paris, France
May 9, 1915 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
September 25, 1927 in Bridgetown, Barbados
30 June 1924, Brussels, Belgium
22 November 1923, Hamilton, New Zealand
29 March 1928, St. Marylebone, London, England, UK
12 September 1914, Newport, Wales, UK
4 April 1921, Bromley, Kent, England, UK
19 June 1918, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Prague, Czech Republic]
26 September 1909, Roodeport, Transvaal, South Africa
8 June 1926, Dublin, Ireland
1 January 1937, Belper, Derbyshire, England, UK
1933 in London, England, UK
1942, Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk, England, UK
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
Slightly bloated Bond, with too much technology for my taste and a climactic slaughter that's a little too mindless to be much fun.
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 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 27, 2015
For all its flaws, it was classic Bond. And remains so.
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.
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.
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.
October 23, 2012
Connery's Bond was never better than this.
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.
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.
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.
