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Diamonds Are Forever

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• Adventure
• Crime/detective

• 1971
• Guy Hamilton
• 120 mins
• PG

Summary

Spy adventure starring Sean Connery. When it is discovered that large amounts of diamonds are being smuggled out of South Africa, James Bond is sent to investigate and comes up against an old enemy.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

After You Only Live Twice, Sean Connery said "Never again" to reprising the role of agent 007, but after George Lazenby's sole effort in OHMSS he was lured back for a fee of over $1 million, which he donated to the Scottish International Education Trust. This is one of the weakest Bonds, with its plot about diamond smuggling developing rather tiresomely into a chase with Moon buggies and Connery simply going through the motions. The Las Vegas sequences have some dash, however, and Bruce Glover and Putter Smith make an intriguing double act of the gay hitmen, Wint and Kidd, but the best idea was never used: screenwriter Richard Maibaum's proposal to cast Gert Frobe as Goldfinger's twin brother!

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Cast

rolenameJames BondSean ConneryTiffany CaseJill St JohnBlofeldCharles GrayPlenty O'TooleLana WoodWillard WhyteJimmy DeanSaxbyBruce CabotMr KiddPutter SmithMr WintBruce GloverFelix LeiterNorman BurtonDr MetzJoseph Furst"M"Bernard Lee"Q"Desmond LlewelynShady TreeLeonard BarrMiss MoneypennyLois MaxwellMrs WhistlerMargaret LaceyPeter FranksJoe Robinson"Bambi"Donna Garratt"Thumper"Trina ParksDoctorDavid De KeyserSir Donald MungerLaurence NaismithMr SlumberDavid BauerMaxwellBurt MetcalfSlumber Inc attendantMarc Lawrence (1)Slumber Inc attendantSid HaigKlaus HergersheimerEd Bishop

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rolenameDirectorGuy Hamilton

Details

Theatrical distributor

United Artists Corp. Ltd

Released on

1971-12-30

Languages

English | English | German

Guidance

May be edited for violence and nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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