Date of Release
World Premiere December 17th 1971, U.S.A
Running Time 119 minutes
James Bond Sean Connery
Plot
Blofeld holds the world to ransom with his diamond-powered laser satellite orbiting in space.
Bond’s Women
- Tiffany Case (Jill St. John)
- Plenty O’Toole (Lana Wood)
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)
Bond’s Allies
- Felix Leiter (Norman Burton)
- Willard Whyte (Jimmy Dean)
- ‘M’ (Bernard Lee)
- Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
- ‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond’s Car Mustang Mach 1 Coupe
Bond’s Gadget Pocket mousetrap-style finger clamp
Main Title Music
- ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ performed by Shirley Bassey
End Title Music
- ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ performed by Shirley Bassey
Music Score John Barry
Production Design Ken Adam
Main Titles Designer Maurice Binder
Editors Bert Bates and John W. Holmes, A.C.E.
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 $7.2 million
Worldwide Box Office $116 million
Worldwide Box Office Gross Income 2002 inflation-adjusted $516 million