Thunderball

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Connery .............................. James Bond Claudine Auger .................................... Domino
Aldolfo Celi .............. Emilo Largo, Spectre #2 Luciana Paluzzi ............................. Fiona Volpe
Rik Van Nutter .............................. Felix Leiter Guy Dolman ................................. Count Lippe
Molly Peters ........................... Patricia Fearing Martine Beswick ......................... Paula Caplan
Desmond Llewelyn ...................................... Q Bernard Lee ................................................ M
Lois Maxwell ...................... Miss Moneypenny Roland Culver ...................... Foreign Secretary
Earl Cameron ....................................... Pinder Paul Stassino................... Major Francis Derval
Rose Alba ............................. Madame Boitier ........................................................................

Summary: The Ultimate Bond Movie
Leonard Maltin is right. This one bogs down, especially underwater, yet it remains my choice as the
ultimate Bond movie. It was, in many respects, the first "epic" entry in the series, not only because of
its phenomenal success at the box-office (when inflation is taken into account, it remains, as the tagline
states, "The Biggest Bond of All"), but for its complicated plot and tremendous underwater action
scenes (that make the ones in the remake, "Never Say Never Again," look like something done in a
bathtub). The dialogue is some of the wittiest in the series ("Some men don't like to be driven," Fiona
tells Bond while she gives him a lift in her car. "Some men don't like to be taken for a ride," Bond
retorts), and even the character of Felix Leiter seems, for once, to exist for something more than to be
impressed with 007's way with the women. And, for the record, the poster (the original one-sheet,
shown here) represents is the best of the pack.