Première during Beatlemania 10 October 1963 London, 27 May 1963 New York. It was a favourite novel of JFK who saw the film as a special private viewing 2 weeks before Dallas. Also Ian Fleming's last 007 before dying. Matt Munro, John Barry, cinematic perfection. Connery with hair & youth, Rosa Klebb

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"We always start out trying to make another From Russia with Love and end up with another Thunderball." Sean Connery, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig consider this their favourite Bond film. Albert Broccoli listed it top 3 with Goldfinger & TSWLM