James Bond 007, Thunderball. Declassification of the 4th James Bond movie including opening, title song, credits, villains, girls, gadgets, chases, binds, one-liners, and locations.

Opening

• jet packs out of French chateau after fighting and killing Jacques Boitier, SPECTRE agent #6, who faked his own death and was posing as his widow

Title Song/Credits

• "Thunderball" by Tom Jones
• naked silhouetted women swimming underwater

Villains

• Ernst Stavro Blofeld, SPECTRE agent #1 petting white cat on lap, whose face is never revealed (Anthony Dawson body, Eric Pohlmann voice)
• Emilio Largo, SPECTRE agent #2 with eye patch, head of plan to collect $280 million ransom by hijacking a Vulcan bomber with two atomic bombs and threatening to nuke Miami (Adolfo Celi)
• Fiona Volpe, Largo's assistant (Luciana Paluzzi)
• Vargas, Largo's assassin (Philip Locke)
• Janni, Largo's heavy (Michael Brennan)

Girls

• Domino, Major Derval's sister and Largo's mistress (Claudine Auger)
• Fiona Volpe, Largo's assistant (Luciana Paluzzi)
• Patricia Fearing, health clinic nurse (Molly Peters)
• Paula Caplan, Bond's assistant in Nassau (Martine Beswick)

Gadgets

• Aston Martin DB5, car with bullet-proof shield and water sprayers
• yacht with underwater hatch, smoke screen and detachable rear half to convert to a hydrofoil
• jet-propelled stingray submarine
• missile-firing motorbike
• Bell Textron flying jet pack
• remote-controlled debriefing room chair that electrocutes occupant and lowers into floor to dispose of dead body
• underwater landing lights for Vulcan bomber water landing
• shark pool with retractable metal cover
• jet-propelled scuba tank
• waterproof Geiger counter watch
• underwater infrared-film camera
• miniature flare pistol
• pocket-sized 4-minute scuba oxygen tank mouth piece
• instantaneously lethal gamma gas
• swallowable homing device pill
• tape recorder hidden inside book left in hotel room by phone

Chases

• car and missile-firing motorbike chase from health clinic
• parachute drop of scuba divers into ocean chasing stingray submarine transporting atomic bomb

Binds

• fighting with SPECTRE agent #6, chokes him with fireplace poker
• being chased and shot at, flies off balcony using back-mounted jet pack
• strapped to motorized traction table turned to full speed by SPECTRE agent, saved by nurse
• about to be knifed through open window while calling in discovery of dead Major Derval, knocks knife hand with headset and wraps phone and cord around attacker's neck
• discovered diving under Largo's yacht, fighting with guard diver, kills guard by pulling off his mask and mouth piece
• after losing air tanks from water grenade and guard boat attack, uses pocket-sized oxygen tank mouth piece to swim to safety
• trapped under metal cover fighting guard in pool, kills guard with knife and uses pocket-sized oxygen tank mouth piece to escape out tunnel after sharks enter and go after dead body
• captured by Fiona, Vargas and Yanni and being transported to Largo, knocks bottle of liquor from man's hand onto car seat and cigarette lighter from Fiona's hand, igniting car and allowing him to escape into the Mardi Gras
• about to be shot while dancing with Fiona, notices gun and spins Fiona around just in time to take the bullet in her back
• tipped off by Domino that Vargas is coming from behind with a gun, grabs spear gun, spins around and spears Vargas to a tree
• trapped in underwater grotto after cover is blown, uses homing device pill and flare gun to be rescued by Felix in helicopter
• with Largo getting away in yacht, climbs up onboard from hydrofoil arm he had been latched onto and fights and defeats crew in cockpit
• at Largo's gunpoint in cockpit, saved by Domino as she spear guns Largo in the back
• with hydrofoil racing out of control toward rocky isle, jumps from hydrofoil into ocean just before hydrofoil impacts and explodes

One-liners

• "You never say that as if you meant it," to nurse as she tells him to remove his robe for examination
• "Where's the kick starter," to nurse after mounting motorized traction table like a motorcycle
• "I must be six inches taller," as nurse unstraps him from motorized traction table that a SPECTRE agent had turned to full speed
• "See ya later, irrigator," to nurse after making out with her in the turkish bath
• "Someone's probably lost a dog," after being informed by Miss Moneypenny on his way in to see M that every 00 agent has been summoned
• "I've been admiring your form," to Domino after surfacing from a dive
• "What else do you do and where?" to Domino after she says she dives here just about every day when she's bored
• "Wait 'til you get to my teeth," to Domino after she says, "What sharp little eyes you've got"
• "Fly here often?" to Fiona as she makes a turn in her Mustang at very high speed
• "No, I know a little about women," to Largo after Largo asks, "You know much about guns, Mr. Bond?" to Bond's "That gun looks more fitting for a woman"
• "Well, can't win them all," after Fiona makes it clear she will not convert to his side simply because she slept with him
• "Mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead," to random club-goers after Fiona was shot while dancing with him
• "Well, he got the point," after killing Vargas with a spear gun

Locations

• Paris, France
• Nassau, Bahamas

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