Kevin McClory, Ian Fleming, and Jack Whittingham collaborated on an original story and screenplay for what would have been the first 007 movie, titled "James Bond, Secret Agent". McClory reportedly wanted Richard Burton to play James Bond. For whatever reasons, the movie was never made. Fleming had previously cannibalized plots prepared for two other abandoned Bond spin-off projects, a newspaper comic strip and a television series, for 007 novels, and similarly turned this one into his novel "Thunderball". However, in this case, his right to do so was not so clear. When Harry Saltzman bought the movie rights to the Bond novels from Fleming, and went into partnership with Albert R. Broccoli, McClory initiated legal action. Although Agente 007 - Thunderball: operazione tuono (1965) was a fairly faithful adaptation of the published novel, McClory's suit resulted in only the earlier screenplay being credited as source material. McClory's producer credit on that movie is possibly just another term of the settlement. The case was settled out of court.
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