Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) is the seventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the sixth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four James Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton. The story has Bond impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring, and soon uncovering a plot by his old nemesis Blofeld to use the diamonds and build a giant laser satellite that would be used to hold the world for ransom.
Diamonds Are Forever was a commercial success, but its humorous tone was met with mixed reviews from critics.
Cast
Sean Connery as James Bond: An MI6 agent who acts as a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring. He uncovers a plot by Blofeld to use the diamonds to build a giant laser satellite.- Jill St. John as Tiffany Case: A diamond smuggler who unknowingly hires Bond to assist her. She survives an assassination attempt and then unites with Bond to battle Blofeld.
- Charles Gray as Ernst Stavro Blofeld: A megalomaniac, and the head of SPECTRE. He uses diamonds to construct a satellite weapon. Gray was previously in the Bond film series when he played Dikko Henderson in 1967's You Only Live Twice.
- Lana Wood as Plenty O'Toole: Bond's opportunistic would-be girlfriend, who is thrown out of a high-rise window and later mistakenly drowned at Tiffany's house.
- Jimmy Dean as Willard Whyte: An entrepreneur who is kidnapped and his identity misused by Blofeld. He later assists Bond in defeating SPECTRE. The character is a thinly veiled version of Howard Hughes.
- Bruce Cabot as 'Bert' Saxby: Whyte's casino manager in cahoots with Blofeld.
- Bruce Glover as Mr. Wint and Putter Smith as Mr. Kidd: Blofeld's henchmen who methodically kill all the diamond smugglers except Case.
- Bernard Lee as M: The strict head of MI6.
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny: M's secretary.
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q: Head of MI6's technical department.
- Norman Burton as Felix Leiter: CIA agent and Bond's ally in tracking Blofeld.
- Joe Robinson as Peter Franks: Diamond smuggler whose identity is taken by Bond.
- Leonard Barr as Shady Tree: A Casino stand-up comedian and another smuggler.
- Laurence Naismith as Sir Donald Munger : Diamond expert who brings the case to MI6.
- Lola Larson and Trina Parks (uncredited) as Bambi and Thumper: Two bodyguards of Blofeld's holding Whyte captive.
