James BOND 007 Thunderball Underwater Battle. Sean Connery

Thunderball (1965) is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series after Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963) and Goldfinger (1964), and the fourth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham. It was directed by Terence Young with screenplay by Richard Maibaum and John Hopkins.

The film follows Bond's mission to find two NATO atomic bombs stolen by SPECTRE, which holds the world ransom for £100 million in diamonds, in exchange for not destroying an unspecified major city in either England or the United States (later revealed to be Miami). The search leads Bond to the Bahamas, where he encounters Emilio Largo, the card-playing, eye-patch wearing SPECTRE Number Two. Backed by the CIA and Largo's mistress, Bond's search culminates in an underwater battle with Largo's henchmen. The film had a complex production, with four different units and about a quarter of the film consisting of underwater scenes.

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[Cameron4963]

I love how Bond casually leans over and harpoons the guy to a tree.

[ufgt1989]

"I hope we didn't frighten the fish" haha

[TheSparkyG]

Probably my favorite movie of all time.

[Marshalsify]

Terence Young's best of the three Connery/007 films ever!

[bornwithoutwarning]

Saw all the old Bond's when I was a kid and this was my favorite. Can't remember why but maybe it was this scene. Nothing like a frogmen battle.

[madmouse71]

Sean Connery was the best bond

[Blitzkriegsoldat]

At 9:16 JB does have blue diving goggles, at 9:20 he grabs a black one and at 9:27 he has a blue one again... either it's a fail or it's just the magic of James Bond! :D

[jksonny]

@bloodboa59 IMO, Thunderball has the most amazing Bond girls of the entire series - Domino, Fiona, Patricia, Paula. They're all incredible.

[bloodboa59]

@jksonny Thanks.... I was way off course. Both are beautiful but Auger was smoking.

[jksonny]

@bloodboa59 Domino is played by Claudine Auger.

[KIRKADELIK]

@jksonny Never considered the sequence to be too long...it feels just right, especially when Bond arrives on the scene and that catchy soundtrack cue kicks in. Perfect filmmaking, for me.