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

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