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1965 saw the 4th Bond film hit the big screen, with the director of Dr No and From Russia With Love, Terence Young, returning for a third film, Thunderball. Sean Connery reprised the role of Bond for the fourth time.
The Plot
S.P.E.C.T.R.E.'s latest agent to trouble James Bond is Emilio Largo, the criminal organisation's number 2. Largo has stolen two nuclear warheads and plans to hold the world ransom. Bond must travel to the Bahamas and infiltrate the S.P.E.C.T.R.E. base to eliminate the threat of world disaster at the hands of Largo.
The Cast and Performances
Connery's 4th film as Bond shows how he has adapted the role to create even more on-screen charisma, and the one-liners from the smooth-talking agent are coming thick and fast now. Adolfo Celi gives a good turn as the latest Bond villain, Largo, and Claudine Auger is sultry as the 4th Bond girl, Domino. Bernard Lee continues the mantle of M, Lois Maxwell returns as Miss Moneypenny, and Desmond Llewellyn settles in once more as the gadget master Q. The remainder of the cast give good supporting performances.
My Opinion
Thunderball was originally the film that Bond producer Cubby Broccoli wanted to film first. The team were not so interested in going in chronological order as they already did not have the rights to the very first of Ian Fleming's Bond books, Casino Royale. I am personally glad that they have gone with the option of chronology with the Bond films, because it means that each film learns from the last, and I am not sure if the plot for Thunderball would have been as well received had Bond not already made a 3-film impact. As it is, there is tension in the film that does not seem due to the plot itself, and is maybe a measure of the ongoing rights dispute to the story, with Ian Fleming and writers Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham contesting who actually conceived the idea.
In the heart of the Cold War, tensions running high regarding nuclear and ballistic missiles mean that this film was very topical at the time, and Young handles the subject matter very cleverly by using villains S.P.E.C.T.R.E. to take the fall.
As a plot, I was pleased with this one. The setting of the Bahamas is a wonderfully picturesque one, and Connery is very much at home in summer gear, as well as at sea, where a great deal of the action takes place. This is a very well done Bond film, with Tom Jones providing the music for the title track.
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