On Her Majesty's Secret Service

"Far up! Far out! Far more! James Bond 007 is back!"

1969 2h 22m EN

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★6.6TMDB · 2,238🍅81%Rotten Tomatoes●61Metacritic★6.7IMDB · 106,383

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Synopsis

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With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps, where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women.

“Far up! Far out! Far more! James Bond 007 is back!”

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Cast

George Lazenby
James Bond
Diana Rigg
Tracy Di Vicenzo
Telly Savalas
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Gabriele Ferzetti
Marc Ange Draco
Ilse Steppat
Irma Bunt
Bernard Lee
M
Lois Maxwell
Miss Moneypenny
George Baker
Sir Hilary Bray

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter R. Hunt
Writers: Richard Maibaum
Languages: English, German
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Grossed $82M — a 11.7× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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57 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "James Bond Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Peter R. Hunt, shot by Michael Reed. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Barry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Glen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Peter R. Hunt directs. Michael Reed behind the camera. John Barry scores. John Glen cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Grossed $82M — a 11.7× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
257 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Part of the "James Bond Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Peter R. Hunt, shot by Michael Reed. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by John Barry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor John Glen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9George Lazenby and Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Far up! Far out! Far more! James Bond 007 is back!".
11IMDB entry: tt0064757 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 28 themes, including "daughter", "suicide", "london, england", "based on novel or book".
13Released under 21 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael Reed
Original score: John Barry
Editing: John Glen
Production design: Syd Cain
Costume design: Marjory Cornelius
Makeup / hair: Basil Newall
Runtime: 142 min · 2h 22m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $7,000,000
Box office: $82,000,000
Return: 1171% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes: 81% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 61/100
IMDB rating: 6.7/10 · 106,383 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations total

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James Bond Collection

The James Bond Collection is a legendary spy film series based on Ian Fleming’s novels, following MI6 agent 007, James Bond, as he takes on global threats with style, gadgets, and charm. Produced by EON Productions, the franchise spans 25 official films (1962–2021) and has featured six actors, from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig. Known for its thrilling action, iconic villains, Bond girls, and unforgettable theme songs, the series remains a cornerstone of the spy genre. With espionage, luxury cars, and shaken-not-stirred martinis, Bond continues to captivate audiences worldwide.

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OzDrDj2016-01-28
★ 7/10
Ok, Before you say this is the worst of the Bond Films, just remember, The Aussie James Bond, "George Lazenby" was slated to do 7 Films, So we would have had alot more George except for the fact that the Producers of the 007 Films basically wanted him to live entirely their way for the next 10 or so years. You must do this, you musn't do that, always clean shaven in public, you will eat where we tell you, drive what we tell you, wear what we tell you. Addmitedly this came with a 25 Million price tag. However, when he asked for 35 Million, the studio went back to Connery. Also, I think, and this is just my own opinion, but the Subject matter and story line of this Bond film made it one of the hardest Bond Roles to play.
Datapotomus2016-03-03
★ 4/10
It’s good if you want to watch the same movie as previous Bonds. So my plan is to watch the Bond movies in order from the first Bond movie to the last bond. I'm currently on “On Her Majesty's Secret Service”. One of the main things I noticed from Her Majesty's Secret Service is the fact that the new Bond doesn't seem to be as sexually assaulting as the previous bond ( Sean Connery). It did seem like the first Bond would like to force himself upon women which seemed a bit off, and was really off putting. For most of the previous Bond films this new Bond didn't seem as bad, but there was still a lot of this bond having his way with the women he wanted to have his way with. which I'm still not in total agreement with. I think the biggest problem I have with most of the Bond movies is really that they all follow a very very specific formula. the formula itself seems to always be James Bond shows it up at some place. He assumes a new identity. He then starts snooping around. He finds the villain, has contact with the villain. The villain finds out who he is. They then put him in a room or put him in some place that easily escapable. Miraculously, James Bond figures out a way to get out of said room which no one decided to guard and no one decided to put any additional reinforcements on. specifically they put him in a room for the gondola cables. If I was a super villain I wouldn't put somebody in the room which houses the gears which are kind of the only way to get up to said Superfortress. Well the movie is an overall bad. it's starting to really feel like I'm watching the same movie over and over again. which, if you like this same movie over and over again I could see how you would like this movie. However, I don't really like watching this same movie over and over and over again.
John Chard2019-09-20
★ 10/10
Even if we have all the time in the world, the world is not enough. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is directed by Peter Hunt and adapted to screenplay by Richard Maibaum from the novel written by Ian Fleming. It stars George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Ilse Steppat, Yuri Borienko and Gabriele Ferzetti. Music is by John Barry and cinematography by Michael Reed. Bond 6 and 007 is obsessed with locating SPECTRE supremo Ernst Stavro Blofeld. After rescuing beautiful Countess Tracy di Vincenzo from suicide, this brings Bond into contact with her father, Marc Ange Draco, who agrees to help Bond find Blofeld in exchange for 007 courting Tracy. Blofeld is located in the Switzerland Alps at Piz Gloria, where he is masterminding a fiendish plot involving biological extinction of food group species'. Bond will need to use all his wits to stop the plan from being executed, he also has big matters of the heart to contend to as well... Connery gone, but not for good as it turned out, so into the tuxedo came George Lazenby, an Australian model with no previous acting experience of note. It would be Lazenby's only stint as 007, badly advised by those around him that Bond had no future in the upcoming 70s, his head swelling with ego by the day (something he readily admits and regrets), Lazenby announced he would only be doing the one James Bond film. The legacy of OHMSS is the most interesting in the whole Bond franchise, for where once it was reviled and wrongly accused of being a flop, it now, over 40 years later, is regarded as being one of the finest entries in the whole series. Yes it is still divisive, I have seen some fearful arguments about its worth, but generations of critics and film makers have come along to laud it as essential Bond and essential Fleming's Bond at that. Everything about OHMSS is different to what Connery's Bond had become, the gadgets are gone and heaven forbid, Bond got a heart and fell in love. He was a man, with real aggression, real emotions and forced to use brain and brawn instead of mechanical trickery. Changes in the production department, too, wasn't just about Lazenby's appearance. Peter Hunt, previously the Bond film's editor, directed his one and only Bond film, and Michael Reed on cinematography also appears for the one and only time. New Bond, new era, but reviews were mixed and in spite of making a profit of over $73 million Worldwide, this was considerably down on previous films. The reviews didn't help, with much scorn poured on Lazenby for not being Connery, but really it's hard to imagine anyone coming in and not getting beat with that particular stick! Box office take wasn't helped by the film's length, at over 2 hours 10 minutes, this restricted the number of showings in theatres, something that should be greatly noted. Away from Bond anyway, OHMSS is a stunning action thriller in its own right. From the opening beach side fist fight, where uppercuts lift men off their feet and drop kicks propel them backwards, to helicopter attacks, bobsleigh pursuits (resplendent with punches and flinging bodies), ski chases and a car chase in the middle of a stock car race: on ice! There's enough pulse pumping action here to fill out two Bond movies. But the Bond aspects are magnificent as well. Lazenby has wonderful physicality and throws a mean punch, he cuts a fine figure of a man and he's acting inexperience isn't a problem in the hands of the astute Hunt. Lazenby is matched by Rigg as Tracy, the best Bond girl of them all, she's no bimbo, she's tough (fighting off a guy with a broken bottle), smart yet vulnerable, funny and heart achingly beautiful, her interplay with Lazenby is brilliantly executed, so much so that when the devastating finale arrives it has extra poignancy. A scene that closes the film on a downbeat note and remains the most emotional scene ever put into a Bond movie. Savalas finally gives us a villain who can compete with Bond on a physical level, making the fight between them an evenly matched and believable one. He lacks Pleasance's sinister fizzog, though the bald pate and Grecian looks marks Savalas out as an imposing foe as well. The Swiss Alps setting is gorgeous, with Reed capturing the scope magnificently, while some of his colour lensing in the interiors soothe the eyes considerably. Barry's score is one of his best, lush romantic strains accompany Tracy and James, operatic overtures dart in and out of the Swiss scenery and the James Bond theme is deftly woven into the action sequences. Louis Armstrong's beautiful "We Have All The Time In The World" features prominently, perfectly romantic and forever to be thought of as part of the Bond Universe. Finally it's the great writing that gives us the best sequence involving the trifecta of Bond, Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell) and M (Bernard Lee). 5 minutes of class that gives Moneypenny an acknowledged importance in the relationship between the two men in her life. It's just one of a number of truly excellent scenes in the greatest Bond film of them all. 10/10