The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Director:

Guy Hamilton

Writers:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay) and
Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay)
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Release Date:

20 December 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

He never misses his target, and now his target is 007.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Assassin | Golden Gun | Bullet | Gold | Island

Awards:

1 win

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 27

2:30 AM

SYFY

Cast

Roger Moore	...	James Bond
Christopher Lee	...	Francisco Scaramanga
Britt Ekland	...	Mary Goodnight
Maud Adams	...	Andrea Anders
Hervé Villechaize	...	Nick Nack (as Herve Villechaize)
Clifton James	...	Sheriff J.W. Pepper
Richard Loo	...	Hai Fat
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Hip (as Soon-Taik Oh)
Marc Lawrence	...	Rodney
Bernard Lee	...	M
Lois Maxwell	...	Miss Moneypenny
Marne Maitland	...	Lazar
Desmond Llewelyn	...	Q
James Cossins	...	Colthorpe
Yao Lin Chen	...	Chula (as Chan Yiu Lam)
Carmen du Sautoy	...	Saida (as Carmen Sautoy)
Gerald James	...	Frazier
Michael Osborne	...	Naval Lieutenant
Michael Fleming	...	Communications Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sonny Caldinez	...	Kra (uncredited)
Leslie Crawford	...	Cowboy in Fun House (uncredited)
Gordon Everett	...	Gibson (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe	...	Bill Tanner (uncredited)
Ray Marioni	...	Al Capone (uncredited)
Terence Plummer	...	Beirut Thug (uncredited)
George Silver	...	Fat Beirut Thug (uncredited)
Rocky Taylor	...	Beirut Thug (uncredited)
Francoise Therry	...	Chew Mee (uncredited)
Master Toddy	...	Martial Arts Student who fights Hip's nieces (uncredited)
Joie Vejjajiva	...	Cha, Hip's Niece #2 (uncredited)
Wei Wei Wong	...	Bottoms Up Waitress (uncredited)
Qiu Yuen	...	Nara, Hip's Niece #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Guy Hamilton

Writing credits
Richard Maibaum		(screenplay) and
Tom Mankiewicz		(screenplay)
Ian Fleming		(novel) uncredited

Produced by
Albert R. Broccoli	....	producer
Charles Orme	....	associate producer
Harry Saltzman	....	producer

Original Music by
John Barry

Cinematography by
Ted Moore		(director of photography)
Oswald Morris		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Raymond Poulton
John Shirley

Casting by
Weston Drury Jr.		(as Weston Drury Jnr.)
Maude Spector

Production Design by
Peter Murton

Art Direction by
John Graysmark		(co-art director)
Peter Lamont		(co-art director)

Makeup Department
Paul Engelen	....	chief makeup artist
Mike Jones	....	hairdresser
Nick Maley	....	makeup artist: title sequence (uncredited)

Production Management
Claude Hudson	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Derek Cracknell	....	assistant director
Raymond Becket	....	second assistant director (uncredited)
Terence Churcher	....	second assistant director (uncredited)
Ray Freeborn	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Leon Davis	....	construction manager
Patrick Weymouth	....	props
Ernest Archer	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Peter Childs	....	draughtsman (uncredited)
John Chisholm	....	prop man (uncredited)
Peter Howitt	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Tim Hutchinson	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ken Barker	....	dubbing mixer
Charles Crafford	....	dubbing editor
Gordon Everett	....	sound recordist
Christopher Lancaster	....	dubbing editor
Jim Shields	....	dubbing editor (as Jimmy Shields)

Special Effects by
John Stears	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Derek Meddings	....	miniatures
Cliff Culley	....	matte artist (uncredited)
Roy Field	....	opticals (uncredited)

Stunts
W.J. Milligan Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
Gillian Aldam	....	stunts (uncredited)
Leslie Crawford	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Cummings	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Eddon	....	stunts (uncredited)
Martin Grace	....	stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Christopher Lee	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
W.J. Milligan Jr.	....	stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited)
W.J. Milligan Jr.	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Terence Plummer	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nosher Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Doug Robinson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roy Street	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rocky Taylor	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Weston	....	stunts (uncredited)
'Bumps' Williard	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Harris	....	second unit cameraman
Bob Kindred	....	camera operator
Bert Bosher	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Bob Penn	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Mike Roberts	....	focus puller (uncredited)
David Wynn-Jones	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elsa Fennell	....	wardrobe supervisor
Evelyn Gibbs	....	wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
John Barry	....	conductor
John Barry	....	music arranger
Lulu	....	singer: title song
Monty Norman	....	composer: James Bond theme
Vic Flick	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)
Sidney Margo	....	music contractor (uncredited)

Other crew
Brian Bailey	....	production accountant
Reginald A. Barkshire	....	assistant to producers (as Reginald Barkshire)
Maurice Binder	....	title designer: main title
Albert R. Broccoli	....	presenter
Frank Ernst	....	location manager
Santa Pestonji	....	production coordinator: Bangkok
Eric Rattray	....	location manager
Harry Saltzman	....	presenter
Elaine Schreyeck	....	continuity
Geoff Freeman	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Josie Fulford	....	continuity: second unit (uncredited)
Doris Spriggs	....	assistant: Roger Moore (uncredited)
Michael G. Wilson	....	EON productions: legal and administration (uncredited)
Michael G. Wilson	....	technical consultant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Eon Productions
• Danjaq

Distributors

• United Artists Corporation (1974) (UK) (theatrical)
• C.B. Films (1974) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1974) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Les Artistes Associés S.A.B. (1974) (France) (theatrical)
• Tuschinski Film Distribution (1974) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (as Nova)
• United Artists (1974) (Australia) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1974) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1974) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1974) (USA) (theatrical) (as United Artists An M G M Company)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1977) (USA) (TV)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (1981) (USA) (TV)
• RCA (1981) (USA) (video) (Selectavision videodisc)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1983) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1983) (Australia) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (1991) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Australia) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2000) (UK) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2000) (Germany) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2006) (worldwide) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (UK) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (VHS)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (35mm print)
• CBS/Fox (????) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• American Thrill Show J M Productions  stuntmen furnished by
• Calspan Corporation  AMC Astro Spiral Jump - mathematical and computer technology furnished by
• Colibri  golden gun made by (as Colibri Lighters)
• American Motors (AMC)  grateful acknowledgement
• C.T.S. Studios  music recorded at
• Panavision  filmed with Panavision equipment

Also Known As:

Ian Fleming's The Man with the Golden Gun (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
The Golden Gun (International: English title) (informal short title)

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Thai

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:PG (certificate no. 24040) | Iceland:L | UK:PG (1987) (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:14A (video rating) | UK:PG (tv rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1974) | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 | UK:A (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Andaman Sea, Thailand

Company:

Eon Productions

Trivia:

Later after both "The Man with the Golden Gun" novel was published and this movie was made, two James Bond novels were written with similar title prefixes beginning "The Man..." . These are 1991's "The Man From Barbarossa" by John Gardner and 2002's "The Man with the Red Tattoo" by Raymond Benson.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bond arrives to Scaramanga's island in the Republic RC-3 Seabee amphibious airplane, the left wing float disappears and reappears between shots.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Hot Shots! (1991)

Soundtrack:

The Man With The Golden Gun

New entry with exceptional villain Scaramanga ,awesome played by Christopher Lee

This exciting ninth Bond entry gets the greatest villain named Scaramanga,here's his biography : he was born in a circus,his father was ringmaster and mother a English snakes charmer.He was a spectacular trick-shot artist when ten and a local Rio gunman at 15.The KGB trained him in Europe where he became an overworked and underpaid assassin.He went independent in the late 50s,his current price : one million dollars a hit .No photograph on file and unknown domicile but he does have on distinguishing feature,however: a superfluous papilla and mammary gland,a third nipple.He always uses a golden bullet ,hence ¨Man with the golden gun¨.He sends a golden bullet to MI6 with number on 007 and a note requesting special delivery to Bond,it's initialled with a ¨S¨ and Scaramanga's fingerprints were on it.Scaramanga tries the death of 007 ,face to face , a duel between titans: The golden gun against Walther gun. James Bond is assigned to retrieve a piece of equipment named Solex that can be used for a device to create the sun's energy.Bond explains when he kills it's under specific orders of government and those he kills are themselves killers.Roger Moore is a sympathetic and magnificent Bond,he earns in irony,suavity and smoothness.In an interview Moore tells about the shooting : ¨It looks a paradise on the screen but it was terrible hot,the entire unit had boils because you could never take a shower.It was uncomfortable ,it looks romantic and then they went over Macao.We're shooting all those scenes of gambling and so that's all go over there and we've got tables going over there with the Blackjack and he made quite money at the gambling table during the five months of shooting¨.¨The film contains spectacular fights ,the lieutenant Hip's nieces are a students of the karate school ,the scene was played for laughs,but the women cast were Tae-Kwon-do champions and very accomplished athletes.The struggles were carefully choreographed and performed like a dance routine requiring each participant to hit their mark at the correct time¨.Film is made by Eon productions limited on location in Hong Kong,Macau,Thailand and a Pinewood Studios,London,England.The atmosphere is faithful to the actual location but the interiors on a set at Pinewood Studios. The motion picture is well directed by Guy Hamilton