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The release of "Goldfinger," and the appearance of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." on TV the same year brought the secret agent craze to full froth. Toy 007 cars, weapons, attaché cases, model kits ...
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.
Oddjob's hat Goldfinger's henchman, uses a special bowler hat with a metal ring inside the brim as a throwing weapon. The hat is capable of slicing through stone and metal or breaking a person's neck when thrown hard enough, (although it would most likely be capable of severing the neck, and not just breaking it).
All fourteen books in the series created by Fleming went on to be huge successes on screen. [1] Goldfinger, one of the most epic stories in the James Bond saga, became a fan favourite with Shirley Bassey singing the iconic song, "Goldfinger", that was played for the fiftieth anniversary of the Bond series at the Oscars in 2012.
His notable film credits include Goldfinger (1964) [4] and Carry On Up the Khyber (1968). [3] Selected filmography.
Goldfinger's private army breaks into Fort Knox and accesses the vault, where Bond fights and kills Oddjob, while American troops battle with Goldfinger's army outside. Bond's plane is hijacked by Goldfinger, but Bond struggles with him and shoots out a window, creating an explosive decompression, killing Goldfinger. [44]
Goldfinger: Felix Leiter parked in a KFC car park, near to Goldfinger's Kentucky stud farm. 43 Chevrolet Nova (UH) Live and Let Die: San Monique police cars chasing Bond in the AEC double-decker bus. 44 AMC Matador (UH) The Man with the Golden Gun: Scaramanga drives through the streets of Bangkok to escape from Bond and change into a flying car. 45
Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's 1959 seventh James Bond novel, Goldfinger, and the 1964 film it inspired (the third in the James Bond series). His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning "of gold ".