On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

"Far up! Far out! Far more! James Bond 007 is back!"

Directed by Peter R. Hunt
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum
Based on "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" by Ian Fleming
Starring: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Bernard Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ilse Steppat
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Michael Reed
Edited by John Glen
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 18 December 1969 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 140 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $7 million
Box office: $64.6 million

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Peter R. Hunt and written by Richard Maibaum, based on "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" by Ian Fleming. It's the sixth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world.

Cast

• George Lazenby as James Bond
• Diana Rigg as Countess Tracy di Vicenzo
• Telly Savalas as Ernst Stavro Blofeld aka Comte Balthazar de Bleuchamp
• Gabriele Ferzetti as Marc-Ange Draco
• Ilse Steppat as Irma Bunt
• Bernard Lee as M
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny.
• George Baker as Sir Hilary Bray
• Yuri Borienko as Grunther
• Bernard Horsfall as Shaun Campbell
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q.
• Virginia North as Olympe
• Geoffrey Cheshire as Toussaint
• Irvin Allen as Che Che
• Terry Mountain as Raphael
• James Bree as Gumbold
• John Gay as Hammond

James Bond changed and charisma disappeared - sadly, but that's the fact. Sorry, George Lazenby. your portrayal seemed too serious to be called 007.

Advantages

• Bernard Lee as M
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

Disadvantages

• Too pretentious
• Some scenes are overacted
• Funny special effects

"Strangenesses"

• Seems like James Bond is absolutely immortal

Clue Moments

• Tracy
• Unione Corse
• The Swiss Alps
• Bond's marriage
• Death of Tracy

Soundtracks

1. John Barry - We Have All The Time In The Wоrld
2. John Barry - This Never Happened To The Other Feller
3. John Barry - Try
4. John Barry - Ski Chase
5. John Barry - Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?
6. John Barry - Main Theme: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
7. John Barry - Journey To Blofeld's Hideaway
8. John Barry - We Have All The Time In The World
9. John Barry - Over And Out
10. John Barry - Battle At Piz Gloria
11. John Barry - We Have All The Time In The World / James Bond Theme
12. John Barry - Journey To Draco's Hideaway
13. John Barry - Bond And Draco
14. John Barry - Gumbold's Safe
15. John Barry - Bond Settles In
16. John Barry - Bond Meets The Girls
17. John Barry - Dusk At Piz Gloria
18. John Barry - Sir Hillary's Night Out (Who Will Buy My Yesterdays?)
19. John Barry - Blofeld's Plot
20. John Barry - Escape From Piz Gloria
21. John Barry - Bobsled Chase

Quotations

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Draco: She likes you, I can see it.
James Bond: You must give me the name of your oculist.

* * *

Ernst Stavro Blofeld: I've taught you to love chickens, to love their flesh, their voice.

* * *

James Bond: I'd like to interest you in a demolition deal that requires certain aerial activity to install equipment.

* * *

James Bond: We have all the time in the world.

* * *

James Bond: Unusually small for a Nymphalis polychloros.
M: I wasn't aware that your expertise included lepidoptery.

* * *

Ernst Stavro Blofeld: Open the compact. Adjust the point of control. Every night at midnight you must be alone. I will tell you what to do. I will tell you how. And once you obey my instructions you will forget them forever. Forever. Forever. Forever...

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You may see the trailer here.

Plot: 5/10

Entertainment: 6/10

Acting: 5/10

Originality: 5/10

Music and Sound: 6/10

5/10

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