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 all written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Commander Caractacus Pott is an inventor who buys and renovates an old car after gaining money from inventing and selling whistle-like sweets to Lord Skrumshus, the wealthy owner of a local confectionery factory. The car, a "Paragon Panther", was the sole production of the Paragon motor-car company before it went bankrupt. It is a four-seat touring car with an enormous bonnet, or hood. After the restoration is complete, the car is named for the noises made by its starter motor and the characteristic two loud backfires it makes when it starts. At first Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is