Original U.S James Bond 007 ‘Thunderball’ Poster c.1965

The film follows Bond’s mission to find two NATO atomic bombs stolen by SPECTRE, which holds the world for ransom of £100 million in diamonds under its threat to destroy an unspecified metropolis in either the United Kingdom or the United States (later revealed to be Miami). The search leads Bond to the Bahamas, where he encounters Emilio Largo, the card-playing, eye patch-wearing SPECTRE Number Two. Backed by CIA agent Felix Leiter and Largo’s mistress, Domino Derval, Bond’s search culminates in an underwater battle with Largo’s henchmen. The film’s complex production comprised four different units and about a quarter of the film comprised underwater scenes. Thunderball was the first Bond film shot in widescreen Panavision and the first to have a running time of over two hours.

This large American billboard poster was printed in two sheets, and the only way to display it was to paste it onto billboards. Therefore only unused copies survived.

Art by Robert E. McGinnis (b.1926) and Frank McCarthy (1924-2002). This superb extra-large posters comes with a timeless made to measure custom black frame. This poster features a production number 65/372.

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CONDITION
Wear as expected with age, folded as it was issued and comes newly framed.

SIZE
Height: 221 cm // 87.01 in
Width: 112 cm // 44.09 in
Depth: 2 cm // 0.79 in