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Goldfinger is a 1964 spy film and the third instalment in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe and Shirley Eaton.
- Goldfinger was inspired by a chance encounter. Goldfinger, which was published in 1959, was the seventh title in author Ian Fleming's series of novels about gentleman-spy James Bond, and its premise sprang from a chance encounter three years earlier.
- There are key differences between the book version of Goldfinger and the movie. As with many of the Bond films, the plot of Goldfinger the movie differs in certain key ways from Goldfinger the novel, particularly in terms of the ambitions of its villain.
- Goldfinger was the first James Bond film to switch directors. Like the group of actors who've played Bond, the group of filmmakers who've helmed a Bond film is still a rather exclusive club.
- Goldfinger established many James Bond firsts. When he came on board as director, Guy Hamilton saw an opportunity to infuse a greater sense of lightness and even fantasy into the Bond franchise.
Goldfinger was released to theaters on December 22, 1964 and grossed over $125 million at the global box office, turning out to be the third most successful film of the year behind Disney's...
Goldfinger is the third film in the James Bond series and also the third to star Sean Connery as the MI6 agent James Bond. The main cast was rounded out by Gert Fröbe and Honor Blackman. The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and was the first of four Bond films directed...
Goldfinger opens with a pre-title sequence where James Bond foils a Mexican drug operation, by blowing up the base with plastic explosives. After the titles, the film opens in Miami Beach, USA, where Felix Leiter delivers a message to Bond from M, telling him to watch Auric Goldfinger.
- Guy Hamilton
- September 17th, 1964
- 3 of 25
- December 22nd, 1964
While investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. British secret agent James Bond is tasked by the Bank of England and Mi6 to investigate gold magnate Auric Goldfinger, who they suspect is building up a vast inventory of gold bars. At first, nothing seems all too special about ...
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Released in 1964 (or January, 1965, in the USA), "Goldfinger" was the third Bond film in three years. This was the film that pushed 007 over-the-top and is rightly considered a classic. It's very iconic of mid-60's cinema -- the title song, the gold-painted woman, Oddjob's deadly hat and the breaking into Fort Knox.
