Goldfinger (1964)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1964
Running Time: 109 mins
Format: Technicolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Eon Productions
Producers: Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman
Production Manager: L.C. Rudkin
Screenplay: Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn
Novel: Ian Fleming

DIRECTION
Director: Guy Hamilton
Assistant Director: Frank Ernst

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

EDITING
Editor: Peter Hunt
Assembly Editor: Ben Rayner

MUSIC
Music: John Barry
Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
Title Song Performed By: Shirley Bassey
James Bond Theme: Monty Norman
Music Recorded At: C.T.S. Studios, London

SOUND
Dub Editing: Norman Wanstell, Harry Miller
Sound Recording: Dudley Messenger, Gordon McCallum

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

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: John Stears
Special Effects Assistant: Frank George

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

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Constance Willis
Technical Advisor: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Russhon (uncredited)

LOCATIONS
Locations: Switzerland
Studio: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

STUNTS
Action Sequences: Bob Simmons

CAST
Sean Connery (James Bond)
Gert Froebe (Auric Goldfinger)
Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore)
Shirley Eaton (Jill Masterson)
Tania Mallet (Tilly Masterson)
Bernard Lee (M)
Harold Sakata (aka: Tosh Togo) (Odd-Job)
Cec Linder (Felix Leiter)
Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny)
Austin Willis (Simmons)
Martin Benson (Solo)
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)
Denis Cowles (Brunskill - uncredited)
Hal Galili (Strap - uncredited)
Lenny Rabin (henchman - uncredited)
Raymond Young (Sierra - uncredited)
Terence Brook (security officer, Southend - uncredited)
Michael Collins (voice of Auric Goldfinger - uncredited)
Bob Simmons (James Bond in gunbarrel sequence - uncredited)

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)

CAPSULE REVIEW

The best Bond so far, and for many the best of them all. This is the classic Bond adventure, with just the right mix of girls, guns, gags and gadgets. It also boasts quite probably the finest exchange of dialogue in cinema history ("You expect me to talk?"...). A classic by any standards and the benchmark by which every subsequent Bond film has to be measured. (Full Review)

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)

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)

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

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

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)
The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Octopussy (1983)
A View To a Kill (1985)
The Living Daylights (1987)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Goldeneye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)

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

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

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

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

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Last Updated: 15 October, 2008