Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Superspy James Bond (Sean Connery) gets tangled up in the wild world of international diamond smuggling. But hold on--the mission is not quite so simple as it seems; his chase of the jewel thieves leads him to conspirators with plans for unleashing a nuclear armageddon on an unsuspecting planet. The majority of the action takes place on the gaudy, glittering streets of Las Vegas, as Bond negotiates the grotesque terrain with his customary aplomb and fancy mechanical gadgets. As always, he manages to dally with several sexy bombshells along the way, including the wonderful Lana Wood as Plenty O'Toole. Connery is a...
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s suave and entertaining as ever, taking on the menacing Charles Gray, who is trying his hand at playing Bond's archenemy, Blofeld. Look for the car chase down a narrow alley.
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James Bond komt in Amsterdam een omvangrijke diamantsmokkel op het spoor. Daar ontmoet hij ook de verleidelijke Tiffany Case, die even mooi als gevaarlijk blijkt te zijn. Het spoor leidt vervolgens naar Las Vegas, waar Bond een paar zeer inventieve moordaanslagen te verduren krijgt. Langzaam maar zeker komt Bond erachter, dat zijn aartsvijand Ernst Blofeld de hand heeft in zowel de diamantsmokkels als de moordaanslagen. Blofeld heeft namelijk een verschrikkelijk wapen vervaardigd uit diamanten, waarmee hij de hele wereld bedreigt. Met nog slechts luttele seconden te gaan, moet Bond proberen het wapen uit te schak...
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After George Lazenby portrayed James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Sean Connery returned to the tux, gimmicks, and catchphrases of Secret Agent 007 in his penultimate Bond outing, Diamonds Are Forever. Fragments of Ian Fleming's original 1954 novel remain, including the characters of the alluring Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) and fey hitmen Wint (Bruce Glover) and Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith). The remainder of Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz's script diverges dramatically from the novel, involving Bond in a scheme by the insidious Ernst Blofeld (Charles Gray) to force the world powers to disarm so that he...
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can take over the globe. Folksinger Jimmy Dean shows up briefly as a Howard Hughes-like reclusive billionaire, while Lana Wood (Natalie's sister) participates in one of the film's edgiest cliffhangers. Agreeing to make Diamonds Are Forever only because of the money offered him, Sean Connery parted company with the role for 12 years after this film; he returned to the role once more in 1983, for Irvin Kershner's underrated Thunderball remake Never Say Never Again.
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