Thunderball is a movie directed by Terence Young in 1965 and based on the book of the same name by Ian Fleming, first published in 1961. The movie features Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter, Guy Doleman, and others.
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Storyline
SPECTRE operative Emilio Largo devises a plan to hold NATO to ransom by hijacking two atomic bombs from a Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan strategic jet bomber during a training exercise. To facilitate Largo’s plans, SPECTRE operative Count Lippe recruits Angelo Palazzi to oversee the theft of the bombs, and with help from SPECTRE agent Fiona Volpe, has him surgically alter his face to match that of French Air Force pilot François Derval.
Movie vs Book
Year
1965
Minutes
130
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1961
Pages
258
Book Rate
7.62
S: Goodreads
Book
Thunderball
Author: Ian Fleming
Country: UK
First published in: 1961
Length: 258 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: James Bond Original Series
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Irvin Kershner
User polls & recommendations
“The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema. The movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.”
YANN MARTEL (Writer)
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