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| Diamonds Are Forever | |
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 "The man who made 007 a household number" | |
| Directed By | Guy Hamilton |
| Screenplay By | Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz |
| Cast | Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood |
| Produced By | Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli |
| Cinematography By | Ted Moore |
| Film Editing By | Bert Bates, John Holmes |
| Music By | John Barry |
| Studio | Eon Productions |
| Distributed By | United Artists |
| Franchise | 007: James Bond Franchise |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Release Date | December 30, 1971 |
| Runtime | 120 Minutes |
| Rating | PG |
| Budget | $7,200,000 |
| Gross | $116,000,000 |
Overview[]
Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 British produced action-thriller espionage film starring Sean Connery, Jill St. John, and Charles Gray. It was directed by Guy Hamilton and is the seventh James Bond film in the Eon Productions film series. It was based on the Ian Fleming novel of the same name but was only loosely utilized the plot and characters.
The dismal critical response of George Lazenby's performance in the previous feature film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service as well as his refusal to portray the secret agent again resulted in United Artists' demand to bring back Sean Connery to the role at any cost resulting in Connery's record setting $1.25 million salary for his sixth outing in the 007: James Bond Franchise.
Diamonds are a precious and expensive resource as MI-6 Secret Agent James Bond discovers. Someone wants them badly. So badly that they are willing to kill all of the various diamond smugglers to seize their stock for themselves. But they aren't interested in selling their stock at outrageous prices. Whoever is behind it has a much bigger and more sinister scheme in mind ... worldwide extortion! It's up to England's most debonair and greatest secret agent to find out and derail this plot.
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Cast[]
- Sean Connery as James Bond
- Jill St. John as Tiffany Case
- Charles Gray as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- Lana Wood as Plenty O'Toole
- Jimmy Dean as Willard Whyte
- Bruce Glover as Mr. Wint
- Putter Smith as Mr. Kidd
- Norman Burton as Felix Leiter
- Joseph Furst as Professor Doctor Metz
- Bruce Cabot as Bert Saxby
- Bernard Lee as M
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q
- Joe Robinson as Peter Franks
- Marc Lawrence as Rodney
- Leonard Barr as Shady Tree
- Laurence Naismith as Sir Donald Munger
- David Bauer as Morton Slumber
- Ed Bishop as Klaus Hergerscheimer
- Lola Larson as Bambi
- Trina Parks as Thumper
- Sid Haig as Slumber Inc. Attendant
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Trivia[]
- Sean Connery famously proclaimed that he would "never again" portray 007 after filming Diamonds Are Forever. He would however reprise the role once more in the 1983 feature film Never Say Never Again.
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