Following on from Goldfinger,
Thunderball was bigger in every respect.
Shot mainly in the Bahamas, the underwater sequences are pure James Bond,
although the gadgets start to take over from Sean Connery as the star of the
film.
The Aston Martin DB5 makes a welcome reappearance, albeit a short one, and
007 gets to use the jetpack.
One of the biggest gadgets belonged to the villain, Emilio Largo - it is
his boat, the Disco Volante, which splits in two at the end of the film
allowing a fast getaway by hydrofoil, protected by an armoured gun platform.
The hydrofoil was bought in Puerto
Rico and sailed to Miami where it was rebuilt for the film - the hull
was modified to hide the addition of the jettisoned section of boat.
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Sean
Connery
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James
Bond
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Claudine
Auger
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Dominic
'Domino' Derval
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Adolfo
Celi
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Emilio
Largo
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Luciana
Paluzzi
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Fiona
Volpe
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Guy
Doleman
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Count
Lippe
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Molly
Peters
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Patricia
Fearing
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Rik
Van Nutter
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Felix
Leiter
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Bernard
Lee
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M
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Lois
Maxwell
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Miss
Moneypenny
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Desmond
Llewelyn
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Q
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Director
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Terence
Young
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Screenplay
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Richard
Maibaum
John Hopkins
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