James Bond - Thunderball, UK Quad Poster, 1965

A stunning linen-backed UK Quad poster for 'Thunderball' - Sean Connery's fourth outing as Ian Fleming's James Bond.

Directed by Terence Young and co-starring Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewellyn and Lois Maxwell, 'Thunderball' was released in 1965.

In contrast to Robert Brownjohn's arresting black and gold photographic composite design for Goldfinger (1963), designer, Robert McGinnis, returned to the striking traditional hand-painted artwork for the 'Thunderball' campaign that had drawn audiences to 'Dr No' and 'From Russia with Love' in their millions.

For his first ever Bond campaign, Mc Ginnis showcased Bond in a diver's wetsuit amongst a bevy of scantily clad Bond girls in swimsuits. He cleverly integrated the legendary 007 logo into the 'Look Out! tagline - the second part of which also promises 'The Biggest Bond of All!'. This now iconic design appealed perfectly to zeitgeist of the mid-sixties and helped to make 'Thunderball' the most successful Bond movie of all time, when the box-office grosses are adjusted for inflation.

This is a conservation linen-back poster with very minimal restoration. It exhibits a few surface marks in the top-right and top-left areas but displays beautifully.

This item comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Size: 40" x 30" (101 x 76cm)