Goldfinger (1964)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1964
Running Time: 109m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour by Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound:

DIRECTION

Directed by: Guy Hamilton

CREW

PRODUCTION
Copyright: © 1964 Danjaq S.A.
Production Companies: United Artists Pictures Inc. (opening logo)  Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman present (opening credits)  an Eon Productions (closing credits)
Released by: United Artists Corp.
Produced by: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Production Manager: L.C. Rudkin

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn
Novel: Ian Fleming (credited as "Sean Connery in Ian Fleming's Goldfinger")

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Frank Ernst
Continuity Girl: Constance Willis

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ted Moore
Camera Operator: John Winbolt

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Hunt
Assembly Editor: Ben Rayner

MUSIC
Music Composed & Conducted by: John Barry
Music Recorded at: C.T.S. Studios, London

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Title song sung by Shirley Bassey
Title song lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
The "James Bond" Theme Written by: Monty Norman

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Dudley Messenger, Gordon McCallum
Dubbing Editors: Norman Wanstell, Harry Miller
Westrex Recording System

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Wardrobe Supervisor: Elsa Fennell
Wardrobe Mistress: Eileen Sullivan
Wardrobe Master: John Hilling
Make-Up: Paul Rabiger, Basil Newall
Hairdresser: Eileen Warwick

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: John Stears
Assisted by: Frank George

TITLES AND OPTICALS
Titles Designed by: Robert Brownjohn

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designed by: Ken Adam
Art Director: Peter Murton
Assistant Art Directors: Michael White, Maurice Pelling
Set Dresser: Freda Pearson
Draughtsman: Peter Lamont (uncredited)

OTHER CREW
Technical Advisor: Charles Russhon

LOCATIONS
Made on location in Switzerland and at Pinewood Studios, London, England

STUNTS
Action Sequences by: Bob Simmons

CAST

Sean Connery (James Bond)

starring
Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore

also starring
Gert Froebe as [Auric] Goldfinger

with
Shirley Eaton (Jill Masterson)
Tania Mallet (Tilly Masterson)
Harold Sakata (aka: Tosh Togo) (Odd-Job)
Bernard Lee as 'M'

and
Martin Benson (Solo)
Cec Linder (Felix Leiter)
Austin Willis (Simmons)
Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny)
Bill Nagy (Midnight)

Michael Mellinger (Kisch)
Peter Cranwell (Johnny)
Nadja Regin (Bonita)
Richard Vernon (Smithers)
Burt Kwouk (Mr Ling)
Desmond Llewellyn ('Q')
Mai Ling (Mai Lei)
Varley Thomas (Swiss gatekeeper)
Margaret Nolan (Dink)
John McLaren (Brigadier)
Robert Macleod (atomic scientist)
Victor Brooks (Blacking)
Alf Joint (Capungo)
Gerry Duggan (Hawker)

UNCREDITED CAST

Denis Cowles (Brunskill)
Hal Galili (Strap)
Lenny Rabin (henchman)
Raymond Young (Sierra)
Terence Brook (security officer, Southend)
Michael Collins (voice of Auric Goldfinger)
Bob Simmons (James Bond in gunbarrel sequence)

PLOT SUMMARY

James Bond takes on gold-obssessed billionaire Auric Goldfinger who plans to irradiate the US gold reserves at Fort Knox, thus increasing the value of his own horde. (Full Synopsis)

UK
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists

USA
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists

UK
BBFC Rating: PG

TIMELINE

1963
December
Day Unknown: UK - Theodore Bikel tests for the role of Auric Goldfinger

1964
January
15: USA - a small unit arrives in Miami to shoot aerial footage of the Fountainbleu Hotel

March
9: UK - principal photography begins

April
21: UK - Shirley Eaton poses for the press covered in gold paint.

July
7: Switzerland - shooting begins in Andermatt
14: UK - principal photography ends.

August
12: At 0100, Ian Fleming dies aged 56.

September
17: UK - world premiere at Odeon Leicester Square
24: UK - Kinematograph Weekly reports that the premiere had resulted in a near riot with 5,000 disappointed Bond fans, unable to get in to see the film, clashing with police in Leicester Square.

October
1: UK - Kinematograph Weekly reports further chaos as Honor Blackman makes personal appearances at Rank cinemas across London and how her appearance at the Odeon Streatham had been attended by some 1,200 people.

December
21: USA - theatrical premiere at The DeMille Theatre New York.

1976
November
3: UK - television broadcast (on ITV - as part of the The James Bond Film film strand)

1978
March
12: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1979
December
25: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1985
April
21: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1987
January
27: UK - television broadcast (on ITV - Thames)

1990
September
1: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1992
April
1: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1993
April
24: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1994
May
2: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1997
January
1: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre as part of the Brand New Bonds season)

1999
June
16: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2001
June
27: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2002
February
16: USA - television broadcast (on ABC)

March
31: UK - television broadcast (on ITV - all regions except Grampian and Scottish)

May
4: UK - television broadcast (on ITV - Grampian and Scottish regions only)

2003
July
14: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2005
August
6: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2007
October
27: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2008
January
12: UK - television broadcast (on ITV4)
13: UK - television broadcast (on ITV4)

August
23: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2009
February
14: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies Premier)
15: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies Premier)
28: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies Premier)

POSTER TAGS

James Bond is back in action! Everything he touches turns to excitement!.

James Bond - Back in action!

James Bond vuelve a la accion!

Mixing business and girls! Mixing thrills and girls! Mixing danger and girls!

James Bond de nouveau en action!

James Bond e tornato in azione!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

007 ja kultasormi och Goldfinger - Finnish (?) title
Agent 007 contra Goldfinger - Spanish title
Agente 007 Missione Goldfinger - Italian title
Dedos de oro - Spanish title
James Bond contra Goldfinger - Spanish title

1964
Academy Award
Best Sound Effects - winner

SEQUEL TO
Dr No (1962)
From Russia With Love (1963)

SEQUELS
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Live and Let Die (1973)
Man With the Golden Gun, The (1974)
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Octopussy (1983)
View To a Kill, A (1985)
Living Daylights, The (1987)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Goldeneye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
World Is Not Enough, The (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)

SEE ALSO
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Goldfinger Phenomenon, The (1995)
Goldwhiskers (1964)
Making of Goldfinger, The (1995)
Simpsons, The: You Only Move Twice
Top Secret! (1984)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002)

REFERENCES

PERIODICALS

The Hollywood Reporter 12 April 1982 p.9
interview with Albert Broccoli by Robert Osborne

BOOKS

The Incredible World of 007 (2nd edition) pp.28-35, 146, 156
illustrated article

Kiss Kiss, Bang! Bang! pp.30-43
illustrated article, review, credits

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.169
credits

Sean Connery (by Robert Tanitch) pp.58-62
illustrated article

KEYWORDS

aircraft, bathtubs, breakers yards, cards, The CIA, drugs, flying circuses, Fort Knox, gadgets, gambling, gangsters, gas, gold, golf, helicopters, homing devices, horses, hotels, James Bond, lasers, military, nightclubs, nuclear weapons, pilots, racecourses, secret agents, snipers, spies

Last Updated: 9 November, 2009