of James Bond films, it was promoted as being "Ian Fleming's". The screenplay was credited to Richard Maibaum and John Hopkins. However, it was also credited as having been "based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham," which also was credited as being "based on the original story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, and Ian Fleming". Whittingham's sole original screenplay credit has been omitted from posters and other promotional materials. Post Thunderball In his late fifties, Whittigham decided to take up sailing. He went to the Boat Show at Olympia and bought a boat; six books on how to sail, and spent a couple of weekends on his old friend Tom Farmiloe's boat before setting off for France! In July 1965, his daughter, Sylvan, launched his new boat, "Domani", a 38-foot Atlantic Ketch, and, later that year Whittingham and his wife, Margo, his son Jonathan and one other crew member Christopher Smith. left the UK and set sail for Malta where they had built a villa overlooking the harbour at Marsaxlokk. During the six week voyage, they endured mechanical problems and a hurricane-force storm during the crossing of the Bay of Biscay. The ship's company were forced to heave to under bare poles for three days which fortunately pushed the vessel North East back out into the Atlantic rather than towards the coastline. They put into Gibraltar for repairs where Christopher left the boat to return to England. Maltese authorities were concerned when the arrival of the boat was overdue and search parties made attempts to locate them. He finally limped into Valletta harbour, and, whilst retired and living in Malta, worked on screenplays about the lives of Ian Fleming (The Life of Ian Fleming) and Oleg Penkovsky. Personal life In 1942 he married Margot Isobel Gough and they had a daughter, Suilven (Sylvan) born 2 December 1943, and boy, Jonathan, born 5 June 1946. Sylvan became a singer and photographer. References Death Whittingham died of a heart attack in Valletta, Malta, on 3 July 1972. Selected filmography Q Planes (1939) Escape to Danger (1943) Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) Twilight Hour (1945) Waltz Time (1945) Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945) The Laughing Lady (1946) The Lisbon Story (1946) Green Fingers (1947) Counterblast (1948) The Dancing Years (1950) Cage of Gold (1950) Pool of London (1951) Mandy (1952) Hunted (1952) West of Zanzibar (1954) The Divided Heart (1954) I Believe in