On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

2h 22m

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6.6/10

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James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.

Directors

Peter R. Hunt

Writers

Ian Fleming(novel by)

Richard Maibaum(screenplay by)

Simon Raven(dialogue by)

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George Lazenby

Diana Rigg

Telly Savalas

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James Bond

Tracy Di Vicenzo

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Marc Ange Draco

Irma Bunt

Miss Moneypenny

Sir Hilary Bray

Campbell

Grunther

Olympe

Toussaint

Che Che

Raphael

Gumbold

Hammond

Ruby Bartlett

Directors

Peter R. Hunt

Writers

Ian Fleming(novel by)

Richard Maibaum(screenplay by)

Simon Raven(dialogue by)

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7/10

George Lazenby took on the mantle from Sean Connery for this "007" outing and I think he did quite a decent job with this, more convoluted story. He takes on the guise of an heraldry expert sent to Switzerland to investigate and validate the claims of lineage of Telly Savalas, purporting to be the "Count de Beauchamps" - defined by lack of ear lobes, don't you know - but who really has plans to use a form of hypnosis to achieve world domination. This film has a bit more class and less innuendo that it's earlier iterations - and Diana Rigg adds a bit of mischief and panache as the boisterous, independently-minded "Tracy" with whom poor old "James" has a pretty torrid time. This story isn't so good, but that isn't Lazenby's fault - indeed I felt that he, Rigg and Savalas tried hard to create a sense of suspense and menace; as did Ilse Steppat as the no-nonsense "Irma Bunt" (is that an anagram?). A great Louis Armstrong song, too - what's not to like - it's a shame that Messrs Broccoli and Saltzman didn't give George another kick at the ball with a better screenplay.

Geronimo196703 Jun, 2023