Date of Release
World Premiere December 17th 1971, U.S.A

Running Time
119 minutes

James Bond
Sean Connery

Plot
Blofeld holds the world to ransom with
his diamond-powered laser satellite
orbiting in space.

Bond’s Women
Tiffany Case (Jill St. John)
Plenty O’Toole (Lana Wood)

Bond’s Enemies
Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray)
Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover)
Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith)
Professor Dr. Metz (Joseph Furst)
Bert Saxby (Bruce Cabot)
Peter Franks (Joe Robinson)
Morton Slumber (David Bauer)
Shady Tree (Leonard Barr)
Bambi (Lola Larson) [credited to
Donna Garrett]
Thumper (Trina Parks)

Bond’s Allies
Felix Leiter (Norman Burton)
Willard Whyte (Jimmy Dean)
‘M’ (Bernard Lee)
Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)

Bond's Car
Mustang Mach 1 Coupe

Bond’s Gadget
Pocket mousetrap-style finger clamp

Main Title Music
‘Diamonds Are Forever’ performed by Shirley Bassey

End Title Music
‘Diamonds Are Forever’ performed by Shirley Bassey

Music Score
John Barry

Production Design
Ken Adam

Main Titles Designer
Maurice Binder

Editors
Bert Bates and John W. Holmes, A.C.E.

Screenplay
Richard Maibaum & Tom Mankiewicz

Director
Guy Hamilton

Producers
*Harry Saltzman & Albert R. Broccoli
The listing shown is contractual for the Eastern Hemisphere and is reversed for the Western Hemisphere

Budget
$7.2 million

Worldwide Box Office
$116 million

Worldwide Box Office Gross Income 2002 inflation-adjusted
$516 million