Date of Release
World Premiere 19th December 1974 at the Odeon Leicester Square, London.

Running Time
125 minutes

James Bond
Roger Moore

Plot
Scaramanga, a KGB-trained freelance hitman who sometimes works for the Red Chinese, steals the Solex Agitator (the solution to the world’s energy shortage) and duels with James Bond for its ultimate possession.

Bond’s Women
Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland)
Andrea Anders (Maud Adams)
Saida (Carmen de Sautoy)

Bond’s Enemies
Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee)
Nick Nack (Herve Villechaize)
Lazar (Marne Maitland)
Chula (Chan Yiu Lam)
Hai Fat (Richard Loo)

Bond’s Allies
Lt. Hip (Soon-Taik Oh)
Sheriff J. W. Pepper (Clifton James)
‘M’ (Bernard Lee)
Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)
Colthorpe (James Cossins)
Bill Tanner (Michael Goodliffe) [uncredited]

Bond's Car
AMC Hornet

Bond’s Gadget
Prosthetic third nipple

Main Title Music
‘The Man With The Golden Gun’ performed by Lulu

End Title Music
‘The Man With The Golden Gun’ performed by Lulu

Music Score
John Barry

Production Design
Peter Murton

Main Titles Designer
Maurice Binder

Editor
Raymond Poulton

Screenplay
Richard Maibaum & Tom Mankiewicz

Director
Guy Hamilton

Producers
*Harry Saltzman & Albert R. Broccoli
The listing shown is contractual for the Eastern Hemisphere and is reversed for the Western Hemisphere

Budget
$7 million

Worldwide Box Office
$97.6 million

Worldwide Box Office Gross Income 2002 inflation-adjusted
$358 million