---
title: 'Thunderball (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Terence Young'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 130
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/thunderball-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059800/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Thunderball (1965)

1965 · PG · 130 min · Action, Thriller · United Kingdom

Part of: Eon James Bond series

## Synopsis

Thunderball is a 1965 spy film and the fourth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the 1961 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham devised from a story conceived by Kevin McClory, Whittingham, and Fleming. It was the third and final Bond film to be directed by Terence Young, with its screenplay by Richard Maibaum and John Hopkins.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Kevin McClory](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mcclory), [Ian Fleming](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-fleming), [Jon Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-hopkins), [Richard Maibaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-maibaum), [John Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hopkins), [Jack Whittingham](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-whittingham)
- **Director:** [Terence Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-young)
- **Producer:** [Kevin McClory](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mcclory)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-barry), [Don Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-black)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ted Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-moore)
- **Editor:** [Ernest Hosler](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-hosler)

## Cast

- [Jack Gwillim](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gwillim)
- [Suzy Kendall](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzy-kendall)
- [Rose Alba](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-alba) as Madame Boitier
- [Leonard Sachs](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-sachs) as Group Captain Prichard
- [Philip Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-stone) as SPECTRE Number Five
- [Patrick Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-holt)
- [Guy Doleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-doleman) as Count Lippe
- [Earl Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/earl-cameron)
- [Desmond Llewelyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/desmond-llewelyn) as Q
- [Rik Van Nutter](https://cinepixo.com/people/rik-van-nutter) as Felix Leiter
- [Eric Pohlmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-pohlmann) as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- [Philip Locke](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-locke)
- [Roland Culver](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-culver) as the Home Secretary
- [Edward Underdown](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-underdown) as Air Vice Marshal
- [Nikki van der Zyl](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikki-van-der-zyl) as Domino Vitali

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