The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin and must hunt him down to stop him.

Director:

Guy Hamilton

Writers:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay),

Stars:

Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Roger Moore	...	James Bond-007 / James Bond
Christopher Lee	...	Scaramanga
Britt Ekland	...	Goodnight
Maud Adams	...	Andrea
Hervé Villechaize	...	Nick Nack (as Herve Villechaize)
Clifton James	...	J. W. Pepper
Richard Loo	...	Hai Fat
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Hip (as Soon-Taik Oh)
Marc Lawrence	...	Rodney
Bernard Lee	...	'M'
Lois Maxwell	...	Moneypenny
Marne Maitland	...	Lazar
Desmond Llewelyn	...	'Q'
James Cossins	...	Colthorpe
Yao Lin Chen	...	Chula (as Chan Yiu Lam)

Storyline

Scaramanga is a hit-man who charges a million dollars per job. He becomes linked to the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell, and James Bond is called in to investigate. As he tracks down Scaramanga, he realises that he is highly respected by the killer, but will this prove to be an advantage in the final showdown?

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Plot Keywords:

assassin | golden gun | bullet | island | gold | 

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Taglines:

Roger Moore as James Bond 007

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English Thai Cantonese

Release Date:

20 December 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ian Fleming's The Man with the Golden Gun

Filming Locations:

Andaman Sea, Thailand

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$21,000,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eon Productions, Danjaq

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As a joke on Desmond Llewelyn, Roger Moore wrote fake dialogue for Q, and then gave it to the script girl to give to Llewelyn after he had spent a whole month learning his lines and was about to come on set.

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Goofs

When Bond and Nick Nack watched themselves on TV sets in the store window Nick Nack's monitor works like a mirror - the left and right side of the picture are swapped.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Francisco Scaramanga: Nick Nack! Tabasco!
Nick-nack: Right away, Monsieur Scaramanga.

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Crazy Credits

THE END of THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN James Bond will return in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

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Connections

Featured in The World of James Bond (1995)

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Soundtracks

"The Man With The Golden Gun"
Music by John Barry
Lyrics by Don Black
Title song sung by Lulu

User Reviews

No doubt one of Roger Moore's best

I just recently watched "The Man with the golden gun" for the millionth time and it was day after I saw "Die another day" which I found massively disappointing. The difference between the two is just inconceivable! It's hard to believe both movies are actually part of the same series. When I watched "Die another day", most of the time I felt that I'm not even watching a Bond movie.

It was so deliriously refreshing to once again look out what a traditional, true first-rate Bond classic looks like and let me tell you: it always looks good. I can't understand people who claim "The Man with the golden gun" is one of the worst Bond films. Why the hell's that? To me it has always been one of Roger Moore's finest efforts as 007, he unfortunately started to be a bit too old anyway in his last films.

This is an extremely splendid film: entertaining, exotic and fascinating James Bond movie - just like "Live and let die". Funny, gripping and just simply irresistible and not boring for a single second. Christopher Lee's Scaramanga is certainly one of the greatest villains in a Bond movie ever. His servant Nick Nack (as played by Hervé Villechaize who sadly committed suicide 19 years later) is also one of the best of the classic sidekicks Bond's enemies has had - he's right in the company of Oddjob and Jaws. Excellent 007-adventure!