Richard Maibaum episode "The Medal" for "Combat!" (1963) then wrote "From Russia with Love" (1963), sharing credit with Harwood. Maibaum worked on "Goldfinger" (1964), on which Paul Dehn also did work. He was one of several writers on "Thunderball" (1965). "You Only Live Twice" (1967) was the first Bond film on which Maibaum was not credited as a writer, the producers using Roald Dahl. Albert Broccoli wanted to produce a non-Bond movie, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968) and Maibaum did some work on the script. Maibum received sole script credit for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), starring George Lazenby. He did
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang musical numbers, written by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman of "Mary Poppins", were staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood. The song "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was nominated for an Academy Award. The story opens with a montage of European Grand Prix races in which one particular car appears to win every race it runs in from 1907 through 1908. However, in its final 1909 race, the car crashes and catches fire, ending its racing career. The car eventually ends up in an old garage in rural England, where two children, Jeremy and Jemima Potts, have grown fond