December 21 1965 

THUNDERBALL opens in New York. Directed by Terrence Young. Written by Jack Whittingham, John Hopkins and Richard Maibaum.  Bond #4 from Connery's 007 in the Bahamas on the trail of two atomic bombs  hijacked by SPECTRE from downed NATO plane. Accoutred with a Euro exotic cast including Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger and Luciana Paluzzi and Tom Jones terrific theme song, film becomes one of the year's biggest hits. 

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