B00004RG63

027616812421

1974

1974-12-20

125

2h 5min

Awards, 2 wins & 1 nomination

Guy Hamilton

Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz, Ian Fleming

Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland

Albert R. Broccoli, Charles Orme, Harry Saltzman

John Barry

Ted Moore, Oswald Morris

Raymond Poulton, John Shirley

Weston Drury Jr., Maude Spector

Peter Murton

John Graysmark, Peter Lamont

Paul Engelen, Mike Jones, Elaine Bowerbank, Graham Freeborn, Nick Maley

Claude Hudson

Derek Cracknell, Andy Armstrong, Raymond Becket, Terence Churcher, Ernest Day, Ray Freeborn

Leon Davis, Patrick Weymouth, Ernest Archer, Peter Childs, John Chisholm, Leslie Dilley, John Fenner, Peter Howitt, Tim Hutchinson, Tom Jung, Robert McGinnis, Ted Mitchell, Michael Redding

Ken Barker, Charles Crafford, Gordon Everett, Christopher Lancaster, Jim Shields, Norman A. Cole, Jean Davis, Pat Gilbert, Stan Haines, Graham V. Hartstone, Gordon Hay, Patrick Heigham, Robert Taylor

John Stears, Ron Cartwright, Jeff Clifford, John Evans, Malcolm King, Robert Nugent, Brian Warner

Patrick L. Almanza, Benjamin Chua, Anthony DiMatteo, Carlos Long, Jackie Lopez, Matthew R. Mayberry, Doran McGee, Derek Meddings, Julie Ornburn, Daniel Wolfe, Peter Biggs, Cliff Culley, Rejyna Douglass-Whitman, Doug Ferris, Roy Field, Ian Wingrove

W.J. Milligan Jr., Gillian Aldam, Yuet-Sang Chin, Leslie Crawford, Bill Cummings, Eddie Eddon, Christopher Lee, Rick Lester, W.J. Milligan Jr., Terence Plummer, Eddie Powell, Nosher Powell, Doug Robinson, Roy Street, Rocky Taylor, Paul Weston, 'Bumps' Williard

John Harris, Bob Kindred, Jimmy Spoard, Bert Bosher, Barry Brown, Colin Manning, Roger McDonald, Bob Penn, Mike Roberts, David Wynn-Jones

Elsa Fennell, Evelyn Gibbs, Tiny Nicholls, Colin Wilson

Brian Borne, Graham Farrow, Margaret Miller, Anthony Stacey

Frank Ernst, Eric Rattray

John Barry, Don Black, Lulu, Monty Norman, Vic Flick, Sidney Margo, John Richards, Derek Watkins

Elaine Schreyeck, Josie Fulford

Brian Bailey, Reginald A. Barkshire, Maurice Binder, Albert R. Broccoli, Santa Pestonji, Harry Saltzman, Diane Appleby, Terry Bamber, Maureen Campbell, Robin Demetriou, Geoff Freeman, Sarah Gill, Liz Green, Bobbie Johnson, Charles Juroe, Jean McAllister, Sue Parker, Ron Phipps, John Sargent, Carol Shorenstein, Tina Simmons, Doris Spriggs, Christine Talmage, Paul Tucker, Michael G. Wilson, Jean Winbolt

Action, Adventure, Thriller

Eon Productions

UK

English, Thai, Cantonese

PG

6.7

105689

43

The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 spy film and the ninth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming s posthumously published 1965 novel of the same name, the film has Bond sent after the Solex Agitator, a breakthrough technological solution to contemporary energy shortages, while facing the assassin Francisco Scaramanga, the Man with the Golden Gun . The action culminates in a duel between them that settles the fate of the Solex.

The Man with the Golden Gun was the fourth and final film in the series directed by Guy Hamilton. The script was written by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz. The film was set in the face of the 1973 energy crisis, a dominant theme in the script; Britain had still not yet fully overcome the crisis when the film was released in December 1974. The film also reflects the then-popular martial arts film craze, with several kung fu scenes and a predominantly Asian location, being set and shot in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Macau. Part of the film is also set in Beirut, Lebanon, but it was not shot there.

The film was met with mixed reviews, and some critics described it as the lowest point in the canon up to that time. Christopher Lee s portrayal of Scaramanga as a villain of similar skill and ability to Bond was praised, but reviewers criticised the film as a whole, particularly its comedic approach and the performances of Moore and Britt Ekland. Whilst profitable, the film is the fourth lowest-grossing in the series, and its relatively modest returns by comparison with those of Live and Let Die (1973) reportedly placed the continuation of the franchise in jeopardy. It was the last Bond film to be co-produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, with Saltzman selling his 50% stake in Danjaq, LLC, the parent company of Eon Productions, after the release of the film.

$7,000,000 (estimated)

$20,972,000

$20,972,000

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