The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)

Brief Synopsis:

• A golden bullet arrives at MI6 with "007" inscribed on it. Only one man was known to favor gold bullets: Scaramanga, the world's deadliest assassin. Bond sets aside his current assignment - searching for a missing solar-energy scientist called Gibson - to get Scaramanga before he gets him. A bullet in a belly dancer's navel supplies one clue and Scaramanga's girlfriend Andrea provides another. However, Bond soon realizes that he is not Scaramanga's prime target, after all. Scaramanga is more interested in obtaining the Solex Agitator--a device that could convert the sun's radiation into a deadly weapon. And he will kill anyone in his way.

Release Date:

• December 19, 1974

Plot:

• The theft and misuse of a Solex Agitator

Box Office Results:

• $97.6 million

Running Time:

• 2 hours, 6 minutes

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Gadgets:

• Scaramanga's Golden Gun
• Solex Agitator
• Camera Rocket Gun

Director:

• Guy Hamilton

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• Tom Mankiewicz

Starring:

• Roger Moore as James Bond

Villain:

• Christopher Lee as Francisco Scaramanga

Henchmen:

• Herve Villechaize as Nick Nack
• Richard Loo as Hai Fat
• Yiu Lam Chan as Chula

Bond Girls:

• Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight
• Maud Adams as Andrea Anders

Supporting Cast:

• Soon Taik Oh as Lieutenant Hip
• Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper
• Bernard Lee as M
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Lois Maxwell as Moneypenny

Vechicles:

• Scaramanga's Yacht
• MGB

Filming Locations:

• Scaramanga's Island, Chinese waters; London, UK; Beirut, Lebanon; Macau, China's Guangdong Province; Hong Kong; Bangkok, Thailand.

Best Quotes:

• Bond: "I've never killed a midget before, but there can always be a first time!"

• Bond: "Who would spend one million to kill me?"

M: "Jealous husbands. Outraged chefs. Humiliated tailors. The list is endless."

Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• At the start, a rival assassin attaches a silencer to his gun, yet when he fires it the gun sounds normal

Distinguishing Feature (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Christopher Lee was a distant cousin of Ian Fleming and had originally been asked to play Dr. No

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 2
  
• Martinis: 0
  
• Kills: 1
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 2

Trivia:

• Third Bond film not to have Bond himself in the pre-credit.