Thunderball - 1965 Kevin McClory / United Artists 125 minutes Directed by Terence Young Title theme sung by Tom Jones Underwater sequences by Ivan Tors Underwater Studios

James Bond in the Bahamas investigating the disappearance of a U.S. plane which has disappeared with two atomic bombs on board. He comes across the involvement of SPECTRE, this time in the form of Emilio Largo and his beautiful,unsuspecting ward, Domino ( Claudine Auger ). SPECTRE have arranged for the plane to crash in the shallow water of the keys and plan to use Largo's fantastic composite boat, the Disco Volante, to remove the two bombs which are then to be used for blackmail. 007 manages to thwart them again, leading a team of Felix Leiter's crack CIA operatives in a spectacular underwater battle before ultimately finishing off Largo personally in a fight aboard his out-of-control craft. The storyline is the inspiration for Connery's later 'spoof' Bond film 'Never Say Never Again'