Diamonds Are Forever, while not on par with Goldfinger, still
shows well as it follows the usual James Bond (Sean Connery) plotline—action,
violence, and sex. Comedy relief comes in the form of matter-of-fact henchmen,
Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover) and Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith), who deliver trite lines
such as, “If God wanted man to fly, he would had given them wings,” with
laughable, poker-faced sobriety.
Great work for Director Guy Hamilton. Thank you to Producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman for making the film possible. Great music by Composer John Barry. Additional characters/cast include: Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), Plenty O’Toole (Lana Wood), Willard Whyte (Jimmy Dean), Saxby (Bruce Cabot), Leiter (Norman Burton), Dr. Metz (Joseph Fürst), ‘M’ (Bernard Lee), ‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn), Shady Tree (Leonard Barr), and Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell).
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