USA TV - `Thunderball` and `From Russia With Love` on AMC, Wednesday night

22-Feb-2006 • Media Alert

Movie: From Russia With Love (1963)
Channel: AMC (USA)
Date: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Time: 20:00

Super-spy James Bond finds his life under threat when he aids a beautiful Russian girl who wants to defect to the West with a politically invaluable cipher machine. It soon becomes apparent that the girl is merely being used as a pawn by SPECTRE, a group of international criminals intent on finishing off 007 once and for all - wherever in the world he may flee.

Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Pedro Armendariz, Bernard Lee

Thunderball (1965)
Channel: AMC (USA)
Date: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Time: 22:30

Sean Connery is still getting a kick out of the role, but he`s less the suave spy and more the man of action. Adolfo Celi makes a worthy opponent, but Claudine Auger is one of the least memorable Bond girls. Director Terence Young never quite solves the pacing problems posed by filming underwater, but John Stears`s Oscar-winning special effects more than compensate.

Director: Terence Young
Main Cast: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter, Martine Beswick

Thanks to `SportzStooge007` and `Liam` for the alert.