007 MAGAZINE | Fact Files | Diamonds Are Forever (1971)



Date of release:	First public screening 14th December 1971, Munich, West Germany. Diamonds Are Forever was the only Bond film in the series that did not have a premiere in London. UK opening 30th December 1971 ODEON Leicester Square, London The Gala Scottish Premiere was held at the ODEON Theatre, Clerk Street, Edinburgh on Friday 14th January 1972 with Sean Connery in attendance.
Running Time:	119 minutes
James Bond:	Sean Connery
Plot:	Blofeld holds the world to ransom with his diamond-powered laser satellite orbiting in space.
Bond’s Women:	Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) Plenty O’Toole (Lana Wood)
Bond’s Enemies:	Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray) Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover) Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith) Professor Dr. Metz (Joseph Furst) Burt Saxby (Bruce Cabot) Peter Franks (Joe Robinson) Morton Slumber (David Bauer) Shady Tree (Leonard Barr) Bambi (Lola Larson [Mary Hiller]) [credited to Donna Garrett] Thumper (Trina Parks)
Bond’s Allies:	Felix Leiter (Norman Burton) Willard Whyte (Jimmy Dean) M (Bernard Lee) Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell) Q (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond’s Car:	Mustang Mach 1 Coupe
Bond’s Gadget:	Pocket mousetrap-style finger clamp
Main Title Music:	‘Diamonds Are Forever’ sung by Shirley Bassey
End Title Music:	‘Diamonds Are Forever’ sung by Shirley Bassey
Music Score:	John Barry
Production Designer:	Ken Adam
Art Direction:	Bill Kenney & Jack Maxsted
Main Titles Designer:	Maurice Binder
Costume Designer:	No specific costume designer was assigned to Diamonds Are Forever Miss St. John's costumes: Don Feld Sean Connery's tailoring by Anthony Sinclair [uncredited]
Visual Effects:	Albert Whitlock & Wally Veevers
Special Effects:	Leslie Hillman & Whitney McMahon
Stunt Arrangers:	Bob Simmons & Paul Baxley
Editors:	Bert Bates & John W. Holmes, A.C.E.
Screenplay:	Richard Maibaum & Tom Mankiewicz
Director of Photography:	Ted Moore
Director:	Guy Hamilton
Producers:	Harry Saltzman & Albert R. Broccoli The listing shown is contractual for the Eastern Hemisphere and is reversed for the Western Hemisphere.*
End Credit:	THE END OF DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER JAMES BOND WILL RETURN IN LIVE AND LET DIE