Billed as “the biggest Bond ever!” upon release, Thunderball is just that - more money, more danger, more girls, more explosions and more ravenous man-eating sharks kept as pets. Unfortunately all that adds up to more bloat - apt, considering one-quarter of the film’s hefty 2 hours 10 minute running time is set underwater.
Read MoreThe story goes that the reason producers Harry Saltzmann and Albert R Broccoli had chosen to make From Russia With Love as their second James Bond instalment was because JFK had named it in his top ten favourite books.
Read MoreThe moment Dr No - and in a sense, spy movies as a genre - shifts tectonically is when Bond and Honey Ryder, captured on Crab Key, post-decontamination and drugging, are shuffled into the eponymous villain’s dining room.
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