Thunderball (1965)
British Agent James Bond investigates the hijacking of an Avro Vulcan loaded with two atomic bombs, which had been taken by SPECTRE. The organisation demands a ransom for the return of the bombs. Bond follows a lead to the Bahamas, where he meets up with his CIA counterpart and friend Felix Leiter. The two suspect a rich playboy, Emilio Largo, who is discovered to be SPECTRE’s Number Two, ordered by the secretive Number One to direct the operation. Search the area around his yacht and then the area where the yacht may have travelled. After finding the plane, without the nuclear devices on board, the two agents arrange for Largo’s yacht to be tracked and ambushed once the bombs are being moved by Largo.
You Only Live Twice (1967)
In this film Secret agent James Bond is sent to Japan. His task is to investigate the spacecraft theft and the kidnapping of astronaut in orbit of American Project Gemini spacecraft Jupiter 16 by an unidentified spacecraft. When Bond reaches there, he is contacted by Aki, assistant to the Japanese secret service leader Tiger Tanaka. Bond establishes that the mastermind in the hijacking is SPECTRE’s Number One – Ernst Stavro Blofeld with Osato, an industrialist. Bond follows the trail to Blofeld’s island-headquarters and spaceport, while the spacecraft, Bird One, attacks a Soviet capsule. Blofeld explains to Bond that his plot was to fake in front of each superpower that Bird One is an enemy spacecraft. This would transform the Cold War into World War.
Tanaka’s ninja troops attack the island, while Bond manages to distract Blofeld and create a diversion which allows him to open the hatch, letting in the ninjas. During the battle, Osato is killed by Blofeld, who activates the base’s self-destruct system and escapes. Bond, Kissy, Tanaka, and the ninjas escape through the cave tunnel before it explodes and are rescued by a submarine.
Casino Royale (1967)
In this 1967 Casino Royale James Bond is brought out of retirement to deal with SMERSH and is promoted to the head of MI6 on the death of M. He recruits baccarat player Evelyn Tremble to beat SMERSH agent Le Chiffre. Having embezzled SMERSH’s money, Le Chiffre is desperate for money to cover up. Tremble stops Le Chiffre’s cheating and beats him in a game of baccarat. Tremble is captured, tortured and killed. Bond realises that the casino is located atop a giant underground headquarters run by the evil Dr. Noah. He and Moneypenny travel there to investigate. Dr. Noah turns out to be Sir James’s nephew Jimmy Bond planning to use biological warfare to make all women beautiful and kill all tall men, leaving him as the ‘big man’ who gets all the girls! The casino is then overrun by secret agents resulting in a battle, but the building explodes, killing all inside.
