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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

  • 1969
  • PG
  • 2h 22m
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6.7/10
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James Bond woos a mob boss' daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps involving beautiful women from around the wo... Read allJames Bond woos a mob boss' daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps involving beautiful women from around the world.James Bond woos a mob boss' daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps involving beautiful women from around the world.

  • Director
    • Peter R. Hunt
  • Writers
    • Simon Raven
    • Richard Maibaum
    • Ian Fleming
  • Stars
    • George Lazenby
    • Diana Rigg
    • Telly Savalas
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    95K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,535
    505
    • Director
      • Peter R. Hunt
    • Writers
      • Simon Raven
      • Richard Maibaum
      • Ian Fleming
    • Stars
      • George Lazenby
      • Diana Rigg
      • Telly Savalas
    • 621User reviews
    • 138Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations

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    George Lazenby
    George Lazenby
    • James Bond
    Diana Rigg
    Diana Rigg
    • Tracy
    Telly Savalas
    Telly Savalas
    • Blofeld
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Draco
    Ilse Steppat
    Ilse Steppat
    • Irma Bunt
    Lois Maxwell
    Lois Maxwell
    • Moneypenny
    George Baker
    George Baker
    • Sir Hilary Bray
    Bernard Lee
    Bernard Lee
    • 'M'
    Bernard Horsfall
    Bernard Horsfall
    • Campbell
    Desmond Llewelyn
    Desmond Llewelyn
    • 'Q'
    Yuri Borienko
    • Grunther
    Virginia North
    Virginia North
    • Olympe
    Geoffrey Cheshire
    • Toussaint
    Irvin Allen
    Irvin Allen
    • Che Che
    Terence Mountain
    • Raphael
    • (as Terry Mountain)
    James Bree
    James Bree
    • Herr Gumbold
    John Gay
    • Hammond
    Angela Scoular
    Angela Scoular
    • Ruby
    • Director
      • Peter R. Hunt
    • Writers
      • Simon Raven
      • Richard Maibaum
      • Ian Fleming(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      As of 2021, George Lazenby is the youngest actor to portray 007, at age 29 during filming. The rest of the actors and their ages, in no particular order: Sir Sean Connery, 31; Sir Roger Moore, 45; Timothy Dalton, 40; Pierce Brosnan, 41; and Daniel Craig, 38.
    • Goofs
      Bond's Aston Martin's tires screech repeatedly on the loose sand of the beach. And during the later car chase, tyres screech almost all the time when cornering on snow and ice.
    • Quotes

      James Bond: [to the camera] This never happened to the other fellow.

    • Crazy credits
      During the opening credits, images are shown of Bond girls and villains. (This is the first Bond movie since Goldfinger to feature previous movies' footage in its credits.) Specifics are as follows. *First Set. *Honey Ryder from Dr. No (1962), standing on the beach. *Dr. No from the same, in front of his underground aquarium. *Tatiana Romanova from From Russia with Love (1963), messing around with her hair. *Pussy Galore from Goldfinger (1964), in the barn scene. *Second Set. *The title character from Goldfinger. *Assorted Bond girls from Goldfinger and Thunderball (1965). *The "Flaming Car Crash" scene from Thunderball. *Third set. *Emilio Largo, the main villain from Thunderball. *Aki, Kissy Suzuki, and a swordsman from You Only Live Twice (1967). *Blofeld's volcano lair exploding from the end of the same. Note the strategic absence of Blofeld from You Only Live Twice, due to the change of Blofeld actors.
    • Alternate versions
      In the French theatrical version the song "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" by Nina was sung by Isabelle Aubret under the title "Savez-vous ce qu'il faut au sapin de Noel?" (Do You Know what a Christmas tree needs?).
    • Connections
      Edited into The Passage (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      We Have all the Time in the World
      Music by John Barry

      Lyrics by Hal David

      Performed by Louis Armstrong

    User reviews621

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    8/10
    One of the best
    Giving the series a radical twist after the glorious Connery's farewell to 007 movies in You Only Live Twice, the producers intended for the first time to introduce a new take on Bond, returning to the literary roots of the character, as originally described in Fleming's novels and short stories. So Maibaum this time faithfully adapted one of Fleming's most successful and appreciated works: On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The screenplay is so close to the book that actually the movie is somewhat contradictory with previous Bond installments: Bloefeld and Bond don't know each other (???), and, in order to make the plot line look more logical, by changing the physical appearance of the villain, the part was given to Telly Savallas, who looks too amiable to be the bad guy, instead of the scarred and terrific Donald Pleasance. The plot is also very different from what the usual fans expect from Bond movies, being mainly focused on the romance between Bond and Tracy during the first half, then moving to Bloefeld's stronghold in Switzerland, and ending with 45 minutes of extremely exciting, non stop action.

    The film's pacing is pretty irregular. The romance is probably the best part, at the best of Bond tradition, mainly thanks to Diana Rigg's inspired performance as Tracy, perfectly depicting an emotionally unbalanced, yet appealing and glamorous, woman. Lazenby's OK (at least at this part of the movie), but he lacks the masculinity and roughness Connery showed, what ultimately damages the movie, specially during the disastrous sequences which take place in Bloefeld's research facility in the Swiss Alps, which are laughable). There's nothing remarkable about them. (what a silly conspiracy!!), but 45 minutes spent, which make the movie overlong. When everything seems ruined, the film revives and takes us on a wild ride on an action packed roller-coaster (ski chase, Bond and Draco raid on Bloefeld's base), with a brief romantic rest as Bond and Tracy talk about their future life in common (Bond a journalist?),a very touching scene.

    The ending remains as one of the top Bond moments, tragical and romantic. The stylish pre-credit sequence is equally brilliant,showing the natural elegance and "joie de vivre" we all associate with Bond.

    A question: what if Connery had accepted to play Bond this time? I think this could be the best Bond movie ever made. But the producers came up with a martial arts expert with no experience in acting, which sadly overshadows many good points(on Lazenby's defense, it was his first performance), but this film still intensely shines as an interesting, strange gem in the Bond canon.
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    FAQ25

    • Is the song We Have All The Time In The World actually used in this film? I have the film on VHS and DVD and the song does not appear.
    • Is "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" based on a book?
    • Which movie in the Bond franchise is this movie?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 19, 1969 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Ian Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    • Filming locations
      • Piz Gloria Revolving Restaurant, Piz Gloria, Kanton Bern, Switzerland(on location)
    • Production company
      • Eon Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,774,493
    • Gross worldwide
      • $22,787,885
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 22 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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