Goldfinger (1964)

Auric Goldfinger, played by Gert Frobe

James Bond is in Miami Beach when he meets Felix Leiter, who informs Bond that M (Bond's boss) wants him to observe Auric Goldfinger. Conveniently, Goldfinger is at the same hotel as Bond. 007 sneaks into Goldfinger's room, when he sees a woman named Jill Masterson on the balcony. She is helping Goldfinger cheat at a game of rummy by looking at his opponent's cards through binoculars and telling her boss through a radio. Bond cuts the radio, making Goldfinger lose the game. Bond decides to stay awhile, which turns out bad for Masterson. Late in the night, Goldfinger's silent assassin Oddjob knocks Bond out and kills Jill.

007 wants to meet Goldfinger personally this time, and sets up a golf game. Bond wins, and again Goldfinger is mad. He cuts Bond a check, and leaves for Switzerland. What he doesn't know when he leaves is that Bond is following him.

Oddjob, played by Harold Sakata

At his facory, Goldfinger and a Chinese man, Mr. Ling, are speaking about a project named Operation Gland Slam. Bond sneaks in and overhears the converstion, but is later captured. Goldfinger decides to let 007 live, thinking that he will trick MI6 into believeing that Bond has everything under control.


Goldfinger leaves for Kentucky, and has Bond flown in after him. Even though 007 is locked in a jail cell on Goldfinger's farm, he still manages to escape and listen in on the details of Operation Grand Slam. Goldfinger plans to break into Fort Knox, and set off a nuclear bomb, making the gold radioactive. In other words, the gold of Fort Know would become worthless, and Goldfinger's stock would increase ten times.

Will Operation Gland Slam be successful? Watch Goldfinger to find out!



According to many Bond fans around the world, Goldfinger has the most famous quote of the whole series. When Bond is captured at Goldfinger's factory, and he's about to die, he asks, "Do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger replies, "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" I like Oddjob, with his razor sharp hat. If anyone has seen Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Random Task is a knock-off of Oddjob. One interesting trivia fact is that Gert Frobe, who played Goldfinger, was German and spoke little English. This caused problems when the production of Goldfinger was taking place, so the producers decided to dub his voice.

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