Diamonds Are Forever reference guide

After traveling the world in his quest to kill Blofeld, Bond returns triumphant, only to discover a case waiting for him: a large amount of diamonds has been stolen from the South African mines and two offbeat assassins are killing everyone in the smuggling ring one-by-one. Bond goes undercover as Peter Franks, diamond smuggler. What he discovers shocks him: the head of the smuggling ring is none other than Ernst Stavro Blofeld! Now, Bond must resist the wiles of a beautiful smuggler and survive the machinations of Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, so that he can uncover Blofeld's sinister plot and once again save the world.

Quick facts

Produced by Albert R. Broccoli & Harry Saltzman

Directed by Guy Hamilton

Screenplay by Richard Maibaum & Tom Mankiewicz

UK Release Date 30th December 1971

US Release Date 17th December 1971

Worldwide Box Office $116,000,000 US

Budget $7,200,000 US

Running Time 119 Minutes

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Locations

Japan; Cairo; Spain; London; South Africa; Dover, England; Amsterdam; Los Angeles; Las Vegas; Baja, California.

Bond, James Bond

During the pre-title sequence James Bond uses his standard introduction when Marie asks him his name.

Behind the scenes

One of Morton Slumber's men is the gunslinger seen at the start of The Man With The Golden Gun. He is the one who asks Bond if the deceased is his brother.

Captain Carter, who would appear in The Spy Who Loved Me, appears once again. He is one of the technicians when Willard Whyte asks where the diamond carrying satellite has disappeared.

Three scenes where cut out of the final film. These included a scene where after being thrown in the pool, Plenty O'Toole returns to Bonds room and finds him in bed with Tiffany Case. Although not in the actual scene, the story is believed to be that she finds Tiffany's address and heads round there to confront her. However Kidd and Wint mistake her for Tiffany and kill her. The second scene involves Plenty having dinner with Bond in the casino restaurant and the third scene features Sammy Davis Jr who is seen gambling.

Las Vegas' Fremont Street was actually closed for three nights to film the car chase.

The building used for exterior shots of The Whyte House hotel is The Las Vegas Hilton. §

Selected behind the scenes information courtesy IMDb.