Felix Leiter is an ally to James Bond in the movie Thunderball. Leiter first aids Bond when he tells him about Auric Goldfinger, and is also the one whom Bond calls when he wakes up and finds Jill Masterson covered with gold paint. Then after Goldfinger captures Bond, Felix is the one who keeps an eye on him. Then Bond gets word to Felix about "Operation Grandslam" and has Felix and the U.S. army go after everyone involved with "Operation Grandslam" when they break into Fort Knox. Afterwards Leiter puts Bond on a plane to the White House where the president wants to personally thank him. However, Goldfinger takes over the plane and ties up the pilots. When Bond finally gets rid of Goldfinger, he rushes to the cockpit and tries to help Pussy fly the plane, but they jump off at the last minute, and survive. After they landed, Leiter sent planes to try and recover them, but Bond wants some "quality time" with Pussy.