The Man with the Golden Gun

Director: Guy Hamilton, Roger Moore, Moore Guy Hamilton

Overview

The Man With the Golden Gun, Roger Moore's second outing as James Bond (Live and Let Die was the first), whisks our hero off to Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, and then the South China Sea in search of a solar energy weapon. His opponent is Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), who rules the roost on a well-fortified island. Scaramanga's aide-de-camp is Nick Nack, played by future Fantasy Island co-star Herve Villechaize. Britt Ekland plays the bikinied Mary Goodnight, whose clumsy efforts to help Bond thwart Scaramanga are almost as destructive as the elusive solar device. The Man With the Golden Gun was adapted by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz from Ian Fleming's last James Bond novel, which had to be published posthumously in "rough draft" form.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/15/2015
UPC:	0883904333210
Original Release:	1974
Rating:	PG
Source:	Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Language:	English
Sales rank:	19,957

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Roger Moore	James Bond
Christopher Lee	Scaramanga,"M",Actor
Britt Ekland	Mary Goodnight
Maud Adams	Andrea Anders,Actor
Clifton James	Sheriff J.W. Pepper,Frazier
Soon-Teck Oh	Hip
Richard Loo	Hai Fat
Lois Maxwell	Miss Moneypenny
Marne Maitland	Lazar
Desmond Llewelyn	"Q"
James Cossins	Colthorpe
Chan Yiu Lam	Chula
Carmen du Sautoy	Saida
Michael Osborne	Naval Lieutenant
Michael Fleming	Actor
Hervé Villechaize	Nick Nack
Yao Lin Chen	Chula
Sonny Caldinez	Kra
Leslie Crawford	Cowboy in Fun House
Michael Goodliffe	Chief of Staff Bill Tanner
Ray Marioni	Al Capone
Terence Plummer	Beirut Thug
Lynda Fisher	Pedestrian
Jay Sidow	Maybelle Pepper
George Silver	Fat Beirut Thug
Rocky Taylor	Beirut Thug
Francoise Therry	Chew Mee
Master Toddy	Martial Arts Student That Fights Hip's Nieces
Joie Vejjajiva	Cha, Hip's Niece #2
Qiu Yuen	Nara, Hip's Niece #1
Gordon Everett	Gibson
Marc Lawrence	Actor
John Barry	Composer

Technical Credits

Richard Maibaum

Tom Mankiewicz

Ian Fleming

Richard Mailbaum

Tom Manckiewicz

Albert R. Broccoli	Producer
W.J. Milligan Jr.	Stunts
Harry Saltzman	Producer
John Stears	Special Effects
Guy Hamilton	Director
Richard Maibaum	Screenwriter
Tom Mankiewicz	Screenwriter
Ian Fleming	Screenwriter
Patrick L. Almanza	Special Effects
Ken Barker	Sound Effects
Charles Crafford	Sound Effects
Gordon Everett	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Christopher Lancaster	Sound Effects
Jim Shields	Sound Effects
Roger Moore	Director,Director
Richard Mailbaum	Screenwriter
Tom Manckiewicz	Screenwriter
Charles Orme	Producer
Liza Diott	Producer
Maude Spector	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Roger Moore's second time in the role of James Bond is an improvement over Live and Let Die, but still suffers from a lot of the same problems. Like its predecessor, The Man With the Golden Gun is overlong, suffers from a rambling plotline, and chases the cinematic trends of the day in a too-obvious fashion (the kung fu set piece that occurs in the midsection is a now-dated concession to the mid-'70s martial arts film boom). However, its biggest problem is its overreliance on campy humor. Potentially exciting boat and car chases get weighed down with uninspired slapstick and Bond's relationship with Mary Goodnight plays like a bad subplot from a particularly tired British sex farce. Despite these key flaws, The Man With the Golden Gun has a few strong elements that make it worthwhile for the Bond aficionado; there is plenty of action, some dazzling sets (especially Scaramanga's funhouse-styled lair), and John Barry's lush musical score is exotic and alluring. Best of all, Christopher Lee makes an intelligent and genuinely menacing villain as Scaramanga. The scene where he meets James Bond and tells the story of how he became an assassin manages to be darkly witty and unsettling all at once thanks to Lee's subtly intense performance. In the end, The Man With the Golden Gun is probably a bit too leisurely paced and dated in its style for audiences raised on modern action fare, but it provides enough solid thrills to please the Bond fanatic.

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