Diamonds Are Forever

"The man who made 007 a household number."

1971 2h 0m EN

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6.4

MID

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64%

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METACRITIC

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6.5

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 2,459🍅64%Rotten Tomatoes●59Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 121,483

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Synopsis

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Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.

“The man who made 007 a household number.”

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Cast

Sean Connery
James Bond
Jill St. John
Tiffany Case
Charles Gray
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Lana Wood
Plenty O'Toole
Jimmy Dean
Willard Whyte
Bruce Cabot
Albert R. Saxby
Putter Smith
M. Kidd
Bruce Glover
M. Wint

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Guy Hamilton
Writers: Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz
Languages: English, German
Countries: United Kingdom

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MONEY

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Grossed $116M — a 16.1× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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55 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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CINEMA

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Guy Hamilton, shot by Ted Moore. 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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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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8 / 8

CAST

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Sean Connery and Jill St. John and Charles Gray carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Guy Hamilton directs. Ted Moore behind the camera. John Barry scores. Bert Bates cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Grossed $116M — a 16.1× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
255 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.
4Part of the "James Bond Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Guy Hamilton, shot by Ted Moore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by John Barry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Bert Bates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Sean Connery and Jill St. John and Charles Gray carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The man who made 007 a household number.".
10IMDB entry: tt0066995 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 25 themes, including "smuggling (contraband)", "fight", "amsterdam, netherlands", "cat".
12Released under 23 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ted Moore
Original score: John Barry
Editing: Bert Bates
Production design: Ken Adam
Costume design: Donfeld
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $7,200,000
Box office: $116,019,547
Return: 1611% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes: 64% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 59/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 121,483 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Part of

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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talisencrw2016-08-12
★ 8/10
Not one of my favourite Bond films by a country mile but still so much fun. The recent complete-James-Bond-on-blu boxed set that was released has been my ONLY time seeing Sean Connery's last 'official' outing as 007 not edited for television and full screen, so it's basically my first-time REALLY seeing it. Decent. Even at his worst, horribly toupeed, and albatrossed with a script that's simply OUCH, it still oozes and smashes from the fact Connery's still the best Bond ever.
Wuchak2021-05-28
★ 6/10
The series gets silly as James Bond goes to Las Vegas Agent 007 (Sean Connery) is sent to Las Vegas to uncover a smuggling ring and suspects Blofeld (Charles Gray) is masterminding the nefarious operation; meanwhile a gay duo of assassins threatens the investigation. Jill St. John plays a smuggling contact while Lana Wood is on hand as a casino opportunist. "Diamonds are Forever" (1971) marks Connery’s return to the series after four years absence and missing out on the previous movie featuring George Lazenby. This one’s entertaining throughout, but it introduced a silly, cartoonish element more glaring than anything up to this point. Then there’s the fact that the storyline is almost impossible to follow unlike the previous installments which were easy to grasp, like “Dr. No,” “Goldfinger,” “Thunderball” and “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.” You just have to kick back and enjoy the madness of it all. Beautiful Lana Wood stands out on the female front, but her role is too brief (her apparel too, lol). Meanwhile Jill St. John is lots of fun, not to mention alluring. Needless to say, Vegas makes for a great setting for a James Bond flick. There are neon lights, highrise hotels, casinos, swimming pools, deserts, circuses, showgirls, tourists and thrills galore. The film runs 2 hours and was shot in Las Vegas & the Nevada desert; Netherlands; Pinewood Studios near London; Palm Springs, Ca (Willard Whyte's Desert House); French Riviera, France (pre-credits sequence); and the Pacific Ocean. GRADE: B-
GenerationofSwine2023-01-11
★ 2/10
MOST of the bad reviews on a lot of the Connery era 007 movies are... political. They don't like classic 60s 007 because of contemporary Woke six decades later politics. But.... this one just sucks. And, keep in mind, I say this with Connery being my favorite 007 and 4 out of his 5 (6 should NOT be counted) outings are my favorite 007 films. However, this is Connery playing a goofy Roger Moore era 007 and that doesn't work. This is Connery in a film that had all the coming Moore tropes. And that doesn't work. Had Diamonds are Forever been a Roger Moore 007, it wouldn't have been that bad. This was Moore's Bond film... only it had Connery in it, so it just didn't work.