Thunderball (film) Thunderball (film) Thunderball is a 1965 British 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 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham. It was directed by Terence Young, with its screenplay by Richard Maibaum and John Hopkins. The movie would have been the first of the Bond series if not for legal disputes over copyright issues. The film follows Bond's mission to find two NATO
Diamonds Are Forever (film) John W. Mitchell and Al Overton. It lost to "Fiddler on the Roof". Diamonds Are Forever (film) Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 James Bond spy film and the seventh in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, for the first time since "You Only Live Twice" (1967), having declined to reprise the role in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969). The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and