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Date of release: |
First public screening 14th December 1971, West Germany.
[Diamonds Are Forever was the only Bond film in the series that
did not have a premiere in London.
The Gala Scottish Premiere was held at the Odeon Theatre, Clerk
Street, Edinburgh on Friday 14th January 1972 with Sean Connery in
attendance]
UK opening 30th December
1971, Odeon Leicester Square, London |
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Running Time: |
119 minutes |
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James Bond: |
Sean Connery |
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Plot: |
Blofeld holds the world to ransom with
his diamond-powered laser satellite orbiting in space. |
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Bond’s Women: |
Tiffany Case (Jill St. John)
Plenty O’Toole (Lana Wood) |
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Bond’s Enemies: |
Ernst
Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray)
Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover)
Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith)
Professor Dr. Metz (Joseph Furst)
Bert Saxby (Bruce Cabot)
Peter Franks (Joe Robinson)
Morton Slumber (David Bauer)
Shady Tree (Leonard Barr)
Bambi (Lola Larson)
[credited to Donna Garrett]
Thumper (Trina Parks)
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Bond’s Allies: |
Felix Leiter (Norman Burton)
Willard Whyte (Jimmy Dean)
‘M’ (Bernard Lee)
Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn) |
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Bond’s Car: |
Mustang Mach 1 Coupe |
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Bond’s Gadget: |
Pocket mousetrap-style finger clamp |
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Main Title Music: |
‘Diamonds Are Forever’ sung by
Shirley Bassey |
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End Title Music: |
‘Diamonds Are Forever’ sung by Shirley
Bassey
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Music Score: |
John Barry |
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Production Design: |
Ken Adam |
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Art Direction: |
Bill Kenney & Jack Maxsted |
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Main Titles Designer: |
Maurice Binder |
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Editors: |
Bert Bates & John W. Holmes, A.C.E. |
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Screenplay: |
Richard Maibaum &
Tom Mankiewicz |
Director of
Photography: |
Ted Moore |
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Director: |
Guy Hamilton |
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Producers: |
*Harry Saltzman &
Albert R. Broccoli
The listing shown is contractual for the Eastern Hemisphere and is
reversed for the Western Hemisphere. |
