British agent James Bond goes undercover to pursue the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who is planning to hold the world to ransom.British agent James Bond goes undercover to pursue the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who is planning to hold the world to ransom.British agent James Bond goes undercover to pursue the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who is planning to hold the world to ransom.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Terence Mountain
- Raphael
- (as Terry Mountain)
- Director
- Writers
- Simon Raven
- Richard Maibaum
- Ian Fleming(uncredited)
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- TriviaAs of 2021, George Lazenby is the youngest actor to portray 007, at age 29 during filming. The rest of the actors and their ages, in no particular order: Sir Sean Connery, 31; Sir Roger Moore, 45; Timothy Dalton, 40; Pierce Brosnan, 41; and Daniel Craig, 38.
- GoofsBond'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 creditsDuring 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 versionsIn 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?).
- ConnectionsEdited into The Passage (1979)
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I must admit I initially never gave this entry much of a chance. Whenever it was on TV I tried to watch it, but I just couldn't get into it. Then last year, I saw a widescreen tape version on sale and decided to buy it. When I finished watching it I was sorry I had ignored it for so long. It's very good. I thought Lazenby did a good job as Bond, and Savalas turned in equally good work as Bond's nemesis. And Rigg is as sharp as she is lovely. This is one for the collection.
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- Dec 23, 1998
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- Ian Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,774,493
- Gross worldwide
- $22,828,493
- Runtime2 hours 22 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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