Richard Maibaum | ✏️ Scripts on Screen

Thunderball

Year:1965

Director:Terence Young

Written by:Jack Whittingham (Screenplay), Richard Maibaum (Screenplay), John Hopkins (Screenplay), Ian Fleming (Original Story), Kevin McClory (Story)

Script Synopsis:A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.

Thunderball Script Resources:

Thunderball Script PDF at Script Slug
Thunderball Script PDF - (XL) 1/19/65 REVISED at Script City ($)
Thunderball Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Thunderball Script at Amazon ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Thunderball ( tt0059800 ) at IMDb
Thunderball ( 660 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Spy Who Loved Me

Year:1977

Director:Lewis Gilbert

Written by:Ian Fleming (Characters), Christopher Wood (Screenplay), Richard Maibaum (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.

The Spy Who Loved Me Script Resources:

The Spy Who Loved Me Script PDF at Script Slug
The Spy Who Loved Me Script PDF - 12/6/76 REVISED FINAL DRAFT. at Script City ($)
The Spy Who Loved Me Script PDF - 12/6/76 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
The Spy Who Loved Me Script PDF - [1-20-77] at Script Fly ($)
The Spy Who Loved Me Script at Sci-Fi Emporium ($)
The Spy Who Loved Me Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

The Spy Who Loved Me ( tt0076752 ) at IMDb
The Spy Who Loved Me ( 691 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Man with the Golden Gun

Year:1974

Director:Guy Hamilton

Written by:Ian Fleming (Novel), Richard Maibaum (Screenplay), Tom Mankiewicz (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hit man so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.

The Man with the Golden Gun Script Resources:

The Man with the Golden Gun Script PDF - 1/7/74 1ST DRAFT at Script City ($)
The Man with the Golden Gun Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)
The Man with the Golden Gun Script at Sci-Fi Emporium ($)
The Man with the Golden Gun Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

The Man with the Golden Gun ( tt0071807 ) at IMDb
The Man with the Golden Gun ( 682 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Living Daylights

Year:1987

Director:John Glen

Written by:Richard Maibaum (Screenplay), Michael G. Wilson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.

The Living Daylights Script Resources:

The Living Daylights Script PDF at Script Slug
The Living Daylights Script at universalexports.net
The Living Daylights Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
The Living Daylights Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Living Daylights Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

The Living Daylights ( tt0093428 ) at IMDb
The Living Daylights ( 708 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Octopussy

Year:1983

Director:John Glen

Written by:George MacDonald Fraser (Screenstory), Richard Maibaum (Screenstory), George MacDonald Fraser (Screenplay), Richard Maibaum (Screenplay), Michael G. Wilson (Screenplay), Michael G. Wilson (Screenstory)

Script Synopsis:James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. James Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.

Octopussy Script Resources:

Octopussy Script PDF at Script Slug
Octopussy Script PDF - [Uncredited][Shooting Rev 8-19-1982] at Script Fly ($)
Octopussy Script PDF - 6/10/1982 at Script City ($)
Octopussy Script at Sci-Fi Emporium ($)
Octopussy Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Octopussy ( tt0086034 ) at IMDb
Octopussy ( 700 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Year:1969

Director:Peter R. Hunt

Written by:Ian Fleming (Novel), Richard Maibaum (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service Script Resources:

On Her Majesty's Secret Service Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

On Her Majesty's Secret Service ( tt0064757 ) at IMDb
On Her Majesty's Secret Service ( 668 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Goldfinger

Year:1964

Director:Guy Hamilton

Written by:Ian Fleming (Novel), Richard Maibaum (Screenplay), Paul Dehn (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.

Goldfinger Script Resources:

Goldfinger Script PDF at Script Slug
Goldfinger Script at The Daily Script
Goldfinger Script at universalexports.net
Goldfinger Script PDF - Continuity at Script Fly ($)
Goldfinger Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Goldfinger ( tt0058150 ) at IMDb
Goldfinger ( 658 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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From Russia, with Love

Year:1963

Director:Terence Young

Written by:Ian Fleming (Novel), Richard Maibaum (Screenplay), Johanna Harwood (Adaptation)

Script Synopsis:Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy

From Russia with Love Script Resources:

From Russia with Love Script PDF at Script Slug
From Russia with Love Script at The Daily Script
From Russia with Love Script at universalexports.net
From Russia with Love Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
From Russia with Love Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

From Russia with Love ( tt0057076 ) at IMDb
From Russia with Love ( 657 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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For Your Eyes Only

Year:1981

Director:John Glen

Written by:Richard Maibaum (Screenplay), Michael G. Wilson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.

For Your Eyes Only Script Resources:

For Your Eyes Only Script PDF at Script Slug
For Your Eyes Only Script PDF - 11/14/80 REVISED *page at Script City ($)
For Your Eyes Only Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
For Your Eyes Only Script at Sci-Fi Emporium ($)
For Your Eyes Only Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

For Your Eyes Only ( tt0082398 ) at IMDb
For Your Eyes Only ( 699 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Dr.No

Year:1962

Director:Terence Young

Written by:Ian Fleming (Novel), Richard Maibaum (Screenplay), Johanna Harwood (Screenplay), Berkely Mather (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.

DrNo Script Resources:

DrNo Script PDF at Script Slug
DrNo Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
DrNo Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

DrNo ( tt0055928 ) at IMDb
DrNo ( 646 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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