Movie no 6
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 - imdb
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Cast
James Bond - George Lazenby
Villain - Ernest Stavro Blofeld - Telly Savalas
Henchman - Irma Bunt - Ilse Steppat
Henchman - Irma Bunt - Ilse Steppat
Bondgirl - Tracy Draco - Diana Rigg
M - Bernard Lee
Moneypenny - Lois Maxwell
Q - Desmond Llewelyn
Q - Desmond Llewelyn
Tiger Tanaka - Tetsuro Tamba
Director - Peter Hunt
Screenplay - Richard Maibaum
- "We Have All The Time In The World" - Louie Armstrong
Got to be the earliest appearance of the Bondgirl in any of them.
ReplyDeleteDiana Rigg is marvelous.
DeleteKeeping up the spy work by having the hotel manager announce "Commander Bond!" loudly in the lobby.
ReplyDeleteLazenby get's a bad rap...a cliché...he certainly isn't as bad as people say.
ReplyDelete"I think you're in trouble. Would you like to talk about it?"
ReplyDeleteWhat's happened to you Bond? Connery would have pinned her down until she agreed to sleep with him.
What a film - the best bit arguably an excellent Blofeld. At last somone who can palpably lead SPECTRE... Just when they've all been TUPEd to his health farm!
ReplyDeleteAlergy clinic, no less..."I have taught you to love chickens!"
DeleteWe can all see him climbing on the cable car cable, but noone knows why.
ReplyDeleteI don't rate Blofeld's guards; they're giving the impression that they wouldn't see their own arses in a mirror.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the jittery midget with no timing who filmed these skiing close ups still works as a cameraman.
ReplyDeleteDear Bond Directors,
ReplyDeleteSuperimposing a close up of the actor over a moving background and throwing soap flakes in their face does not make for a convincing skiing scene. I'm willing to extend the belief that whichever Bond it may be is skiing in the shots taken at distance without the need to see their face/them adjusting goggles. Let's leave it at that shall we?
Lots of love,
IH
Bond's love for Tracey would be slightly more convincing if he hadn't needlessly shagged the two girls at the clinic (which gave his secret identity away at that)
ReplyDeleteLazenby way better than people gave him credit for although I do think Connery should have got the Tracey storyline. Shame.
ReplyDeleteFavourites so far...
ReplyDeleteFilm: Dr No
Song: Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)
Hottest Bond girl: Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)
Best Bond girl: Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)
Villain: Dr No (Joseph Wiseman)
Henchman: Grant (From Russia With Love)
Fight: Bond Vs Grant on the train (From Russia With Love)
Pun: “Just a slight stiffness coming on... in the shoulder.” (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
Locations: Thunderball
Gadget: Radioactive lint (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)