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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

  • 19691969
  • PGPG
  • 2h 22m
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6.8/10
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George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
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James Bond woos a mob boss' daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps involving beautiful women from around the wo... Read allJames Bond woos a mob boss' daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps involving beautiful women from around the world.James Bond woos a mob boss' daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps involving beautiful women from around the world.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
94K
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POPULARITY
4,089
196
    • Peter R. Hunt
    • Simon Raven(additional dialogue)
    • Richard Maibaum(screenplay)
    • Ian Fleming(novel)
  • Stars
    • George Lazenby
    • Diana Rigg
    • Telly Savalas
    • Peter R. Hunt
    • Simon Raven(additional dialogue)
    • Richard Maibaum(screenplay)
    • Ian Fleming(novel)
  • Stars
    • George Lazenby
    • Diana Rigg
    • Telly Savalas
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    • 614User reviews
    • 136Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
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    Diana Rigg and George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
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    George Lazenby
    George Lazenby
    • James Bond
    Diana Rigg
    Diana Rigg
    • Tracy
    Telly Savalas
    Telly Savalas
    • Blofeld
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Draco
    Ilse Steppat
    Ilse Steppat
    • Irma Bunt
    Lois Maxwell
    Lois Maxwell
    • Moneypenny
    George Baker
    George Baker
    • Sir Hilary Bray
    Bernard Lee
    Bernard Lee
    • 'M'
    Bernard Horsfall
    Bernard Horsfall
    • Campbell
    Desmond Llewelyn
    Desmond Llewelyn
    • 'Q'
    Yuri Borienko
    • Grunther
    Virginia North
    Virginia North
    • Olympe
    Geoffrey Cheshire
    • Toussaint
    Irvin Allen
    Irvin Allen
    • Che Che
    Terence Mountain
    • Raphael
    • (as Terry Mountain)
    James Bree
    James Bree
    • Herr Gumbold
    John Gay
    • Hammond
    Angela Scoular
    Angela Scoular
    • Ruby
      • Peter R. Hunt
      • Simon Raven(additional dialogue)
      • Richard Maibaum(screenplay)
      • Ian Fleming(novel) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      As of 2021, George Lazenby is the youngest actor to portray 007, at age twenty-nine during filming. The rest of the actors and their ages, in no particular order: Sir Sean Connery - thirty-one, Sir Roger Moore - forty-five, Timothy Dalton - forty, Pierce Brosnan - forty-one, and Daniel Craig - thirty-eight.
    • Goofs
      Bond's Aston Martin's tires screech repeatedly on the loose sand of the beach. And during the later car chase, tyres screech almost all the time when cornering on snow and ice.
    • Quotes

      James Bond: [to the camera] This never happened to the other fellow.

    • Crazy credits
      During the opening credits, images are shown of Bond girls and villains. (This is the first Bond movie since Goldfinger to feature previous movies' footage in its credits.) Specifics are as follows. *First Set. *Honey Ryder from Dr. No (1962), standing on the beach. *Dr. No from the same, in front of his underground aquarium. *Tatiana Romanova from From Russia with Love (1963), messing around with her hair. *Pussy Galore from Goldfinger (1964), in the barn scene. *Second Set. *The title character from Goldfinger. *Assorted Bond girls from Goldfinger and Thunderball (1965). *The "Flaming Car Crash" scene from Thunderball. *Third set. *Emilio Largo, the main villain from Thunderball. *Aki, Kissy Suzuki, and a swordsman from You Only Live Twice (1967). *Blofeld's volcano lair exploding from the end of the same. Note the strategic absence of Blofeld from You Only Live Twice, due to the change of Blofeld actors.
    • Alternate versions
      In the French theatrical version the song "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" by Nina was sung by Isabelle Aubret under the title "Savez-vous ce qu'il faut au sapin de Noel?" (Do You Know what a Christmas tree needs?).
    • Connections
      Edited into The Passage (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      We Have all the Time in the World
      Music by John Barry

      Lyrics by Hal David

      Performed by Louis Armstrong

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    Great Bond film
    "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is a sadly under-appreciated Bond film which is stylishly-directed and features an outstanding score, like most of these early Bond films. Other than a silly self-referential line in the teaser and some sappy romantic montages, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is a thrilling adventure which sees Bond traveling to the Swiss Alps to encounter villains and partake in dangerous action sequences.

    It sounds like a Bond film, alright, but this is actually quite different from the formulaic films one would later expect from the series, and the sort of film Bond was gravitating towards with "Thunderball" and "You Only Live Twice". It certainly delivers on the promise of sexual innuendo and lots of provocatively dressed women, but it's a different sort of Bond in that it seems to be more straight-faced and harsh, culminating in what is probably the saddest Bond ending. It's also probably the closest to Fleming's version of Bond outside of "Casino Royale", although "The Living Daylights" was also somewhat similar to the literary Bond. As a Fleming fan it is nice to see the Bond series take after the books.

    Lazenby, who has been frequently criticized and is many people's least favorite Bond, actually does a decent job of the role. He's nowhere near as good as Connery, of course, but I thought that other than the scenes where he tried to seriously emote, he carried the film with his charisma and physical presence. I strongly believe he should have continued in the role. Lazenby fits the content of the film, which is certainly far more down to Earth than many other Bond films, and focuses heavily on hand-to-hand combat in the action scenes, which is somewhat refreshing after the overblown (entertaining, but seriously outrageous) action scenes in "You Only Live Twice". This is a genuinely good script, with a solid plot, good dialogue, and good characterization.

    It's not just a throwaway action flick, it's an excellent espionage thriller with a strong dramatic core, and as fun as things like "Goldfinger" certainly are, it's nice to see one of these movies treat women as more than mere sex objects, and it's interesting to see a Bond girl paired with a Bond who reacts as a human would and not a cartoon character. Diana Rigg is probably my favorite Bond girl. She gives a strong performance and is helped by an excellent script which gives her a fair amount to do.

    By staying closer to the source material, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" dramatically improves on its two predecessors and features some of the best locations in the series, although I admit my familiarity with the majority of the Swiss shooting locations gives me a nostalgic view of things. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is a strong contender for the title of best Bond film.

    9/10
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    • Mar 14, 2008

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    • Is the song We Have All The Time In The World actually used in this film? I have the film on VHS and DVD and the song does not appear.
    • Is "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" based on a book?
    • Which movie in the Bond franchise is this movie?

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      • December 19, 1969 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
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      • Piz Gloria Revolving Restaurant, Piz Gloria, Kanton Bern, Switzerland
    • Production company
      • Eon Productions
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    • 2 hours 22 minutes

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