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Thunderball

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Swedish title:

Åskbollen

Director:

Terence Young

Assistant director(s):

Gus Agosti (Assistant Director)

Second unit director:

N/A

Screenwriter(s):

John Hopkins and Richard Maibaum. Story by Ian Fleming, Jack Whittingham and Kevin McClory.

Release dates:

17 December 1965 (Sweden)
29 December 1965 (UK)
21 December 1965 (USA)

Plot outline:

The criminal organisation SPECTRE hijack an RAF Vulcan bomber and hold the Western World to ransom with its deadly cargo of atomic bombs.

Awards:

Academy Award for Best visual effects (John Stears)

MPAA:

Runtime:

130 minutes

Certification, UK:

N/A

Filming locations:

Bahamas (Nassau), France (Maincy and Paris), USA (Miami), and Pinewood Studios (England)

Film company:

United Artists (UA)

Distributor in Sweden:

United Artists AB

Production budget:

5,5 Million USD

Sweden Box-office:

N/A

UK Box-office:

N/A

US Box-office:

64 Million USD accoding to Box Office Mojo

Worldwide Box-office:

141 Million USD (Source: The Numbers)

Cast (in alphabetical order):

Adolfo Celi as Largo
Bernard Lee as M
Bill Cummings as Quist
Bob Simmons as Jacques Boitier
Claudine Auger as Domino
Desmond Llewelyn as Q
Earl Cameron as Pinder
Edward Underdown as Air Vice Marshal
George Pravda as Kutee
Guy Doleman as Count Lippe
Leonard Sachs as Group Captain
Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
Luciana Paluzzi as Fiona Volpe
Martine Beswicke as Paula Caplan
Maryse Guy Mitsouko as Mademoiselle La Porte
Michael Brennan as Janni
Mollie Peters as Patricia
Paul Stassino as Palazzi
Philip Locke as Vargas
Reginald Beckwith as Kenniston
Rik Van Nutter as Felix Leiter
Roland Culver as Foreign Secretary
Rose Alba as Madame Boitier
Sean Connery as James Bond

Producers:

Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli

Music:

John Barry (film soundtrack composer)
Monty Norman (composer of the James Bond theme)
Tom Jones (singer of the title song)
Don Black (lyricist of "Thunderball")

Cinematograper:

Ted Moore (Director of Photography)

Film editor:

Peter Hunt

Casting:

Production designer:

Ken Adam

Sound designer:

Norman Wanstall (dubbing editor)

Costume designer:

Anthony Mendleson

Stills photographer:

James and Linda Swarbrick

Title designer(s):

Maurice Binder

Stunts:

Underwater Sequences Directed By: Ricou Browning
Action Sequences Arranged By: Bob Simmons
Divers & Diving Equipment Supplier: Ivan Tors
Key Stunt Performer (Rocket Belt Pilot): Gordy Yeager

Diving Doubles/Stand-Ins:
For Claudine Auger: Lamar Boren
For Sean Connery: Ian Bulloch

Stunt Doubles:
For Adolfo Celi: John McLaughlin (Underwater)
For Claudine Auger: Evelyn Boren (Underwater)

For Sean Connery:
Frank Cousins (Underwater)
Harold Sanderson (First Fight)
Bob Simmons
Bill Suiter (Flying)
Gordy Yeager (Rocket Belt)

Other Stunt Performers:
Arthur Howell
Bernard Barnslay
Bill Cummings
Bill Sawyer
Courtney Brown
Dick Ziker
Joe Dunne
Richard Graydon
Tim Condren
Tom Clegg

Special effects by:

John Stears

Official website:

http://www.007.com

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