Editing Emilio Largo (section)

==Biography==
[[Ian Fleming]] describes Largo in the 1961 novel ''[[Thunderball (novel)|Thunderball]]'' as a ruthless Neapolitan [[black market]]eer and [[Fence (criminal)|fence]] who moved to riskier and more profitable ventures on the international crime scene after five years smuggling from [[Tangiers]] and five years of masterminding big jewel robberies on the [[French Riviera]].<ref name="Black2005">{{cite book|last=Black|first=Jeremy|title=The Politics Of James Bond: From Fleming's Novels To The Big Screen|url=https://archive.org/details/politicsofjamesb0000blac|url-access=registration|access-date=12 December 2012|year=2005|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0-8032-6240-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/politicsofjamesb0000blac/page/53 53]}}</ref> He is supposedly the last survivor of a once famous [[Rome|Roman]] family whose legacy he inherited. Largo eventually became the second-in-command of the [[terrorist]] organisation [[SPECTRE]]. In the 1965 film ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'', Largo ([[Adolfo Celi]]) is "No. 2" and head of [[extortion]] operations. In the novel, Largo is "No. 1"; however, the numbers are rotated every month as a security precaution, although Largo is the successor to [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] (played in the film by [[Anthony Dawson]] and voiced by [[Eric Pohlmann]]) and the Supreme Commander of "Plan Omega".

Largo's two main headquarters are located in the [[Bahamas]]. The first is his estate, called Palmyra, which houses a giant swimming pool filled with sharks; [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] ([[Sean Connery]]) is thrown into this pool but he is able to escape.<ref name="DougallStewart2000">{{cite book|last1=Dougall|first1=Alastair|last2=Stewart|first2=Roger|title=James Bond: the secret world of 007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhMNAQAAMAAJ|access-date=12 December 2012|date=1 October 2000|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Pub.|isbn=978-0-7894-6691-4}}</ref> The second is Largo's private yacht, the ''Disco Volante''. The yacht is a [[hydrofoil]] craft purchased with SPECTRE funds for [[£]]200,000.<ref name="Griswold2006">{{cite book|last=Griswold|first=John|title=Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations And Chronologies for Ian Fleming's Bond Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uariyzldrJwC&pg=PA313|access-date=12 December 2012|date=30 June 2006|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4259-3100-1|page=313}}</ref> The craft plays a pivotal role in the seizure and transportation of the two [[nuclear weapon]]s.

To Largo, failure is punishable by death. When Quist (Bill Cummings), one of Largo's henchmen, fails to kill Bond, Largo has him thrown into his pool of sharks. Largo also has little consideration even for those closest to him, going so far as to [[torture]] his own mistress, [[Domino Vitali]] ([[Claudine Auger]]), when he finds out she is betraying him.

One of Largo's henchmen, Ladislav Kutze ([[George Pravda]]), helps Domino get free, allowing Domino to do what she wanted Bond to do: kill Largo. When Largo gets the upper hand over Bond, Domino shoots him in the back with a [[spear gun]]. Largo dies and collapses onto the controls of the ''Disco Volante'', jamming them. Bond, Domino, and Kutze all evacuate the ''Disco Volante'' seconds before the ship collides with rocks and explodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamesbondmm.co.uk/bond-villains/adolfo-celi |title=Adolfo Celi (Emilio Largo) |publisher=Jamesbondmm.co.uk |access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref>