The third 007 outing premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on September 17, 1964, starring Sean Connery as Bond, Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, Gert Fröbe as the villain Goldfinger, and Shirley Eaton, the woman who dies of skin suffocation after being painted completely in gold. Whether or not though Goldfinger is the best Bond … Read more
Dr. No: Sean Connery stars as James Bond in 1962 David Niven, Patrick McGoohan, James Mason, Rex Harrison, Stewart Granger and Richard Burton. All were approved by James Bond creator Ian Fleming to play the role of his secret agent. All fell through. Producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, meanwhile, actually lined up Cary Grant … Read more
Fleming’s first Bond novel Casino Royale had a 1967 unofficial spoof movie starring David Niven before EON won back the rights in 1999, ahead of Daniel Craig’s debut in 2006. Similarly, Thunderball producer Kevin McClory unofficially remade the fourth Bond movie with Sean Connery reprising the role in Never Say Never Again, which went up … Read more
This year James Bond fans celebrated the 70th anniversary of Ian Fleming’s original 007 novels. Yet the author famously only wrote 12 novels and two collections of short stories about his MI6 spy. In the almost 60 years since his death, there have been over 50 post-Fleming Bond adventures aside from the movies. These novels … Read more
