Diamonds Are Forever - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Diamonds Are Forever"
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Timing:
2:0 (120 min)
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Actors and characters
Jimmy Dean
Character Willard Whyte
Putter Smith
Character M. Kidd
Bruce Glover
Character M. Wint
Joseph Fürst
Character Professeur Docteur Metz
Leonard Barr
Character Shady Tree
David Bauer
Character M. Slumber
Lola Larson
Character Bambi (uncredited)
Trina Parks
Character Thumper (uncredited)
John Abineri
Character Airline Representative (uncredited)
Jack Arrow
Character Diamond Syndicate Guard (uncredited)
Ray Baker
Character Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Nicky Blair
Character Doorman (uncredited)
Ed Call
Character Maxie (uncredited)
Melita Clarke
Character Diamond Girl (uncredited)
Terence Conoley
Character Cairo Casino Patron (uncredited)
George Lane Cooper
Character SPECTRE Agent (uncredited)
Catherine Deeney
Character Welfare Worker (uncredited)
Clifford Earl
Character Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Mark Elwes
Character Sir Donald's Secretary (uncredited)
Fred Fisher
Character Fred (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich
Character Casino Patron (uncredited)
Constantine Gregory
Character Aide to Metz (uncredited)
Ron Gregory
Character Casino Patron (uncredited)
Bob Harks
Character Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Orwin C. Harvey
Character Irate Chevelle Driver (uncredited)
Lew Hooper
Character Casino Patron (uncredited)
Bill Hutchinson
Character Moon Crater Controller (uncredited)
Janos Kurucz
Character Aide to Metz (uncredited)
Debbie Letteau
Character Girl on the Corner (uncredited)
Martin Lyder
Character Croupier (uncredited)
Frank Mann
Character Moon Crater Guard (uncredited)
Connie Mason
Character Woman at Whyte House (uncredited)
Clyde McLeod
Character Casino Patron (uncredited)
Don Messick
Character Announcer at Circus Circus (uncredited)
Burt Metcalfe
Character Maxwell (uncredited)
Terence Mountain
Character 1st Guard (uncredited)
Tony O'Leary
Character Diamond Syndicate Guard (uncredited)
Frank Olegario
Character Man in Fez (uncredited)
Gerald Paris
Character Surgeon's Assistant (uncredited)
Jack Ross
Character Casino Staff (uncredited)
Gordon Ruttan
Character Vandenburg Aide (uncredited)
Eddie Smith
Character Casino Patron (uncredited)
Owen Song
Character Casino Patron (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Character Customs Officer (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
Character Man Coming Out of Customs Office (uncredited)
Michael Stevens
Character CIA Agent (uncredited)
Jerry Summers
Character CIA Agent (uncredited)
Vincent Wong
Character Casino Groupier (uncredited)
Philippe Mareuil
Character Doublure voix française de Bruce Glover
What's left behind the scenes
- Raquel Welch, Jane Fonda, and Faye Dunaway were considered for the role of Tiffany Case. However, Jill St. John ultimately landed the part. She was the first American woman to be a Bond girl.
- During some scenes with Sean Connery, actress Lana Wood (Plenty O'Toole) had to stand on a stool to fit in the frame with him. She was too short.
- Actress Lana Wood (Plenty O'Toole) is the sister of the famous Hollywood actress Natalie Wood. (Incidentally, she is the daughter of Russian immigrants.) Initially, Jill St. John was planned for the role of Plenty. Ultimately, Jill St. John played the main female role – the smuggler Tiffany Case.
- Actor Bruce Glover (Mr. Wint) is the father of Crispin Glover, who played George McFly – Marty McFly's father – in the first film of Robert Zemeckis' trilogy 'Back to the Future'.
- Interestingly, cars for almost all Bond films were custom-made. Only this 'Ford' was a standard production vehicle. According to the plot, it belonged to the film's main heroine – Tiffany Case, and agent 007 was initially just a passenger. But then, during a breathtaking chase through the streets of Las Vegas, he took the wheel. By the way, to film the chase through the streets of Las Vegas, Albert R. Broccoli, who had many influential friends in the city, persuaded the authorities to close traffic in the center for three nights!
- The owner of the "Circus! Circus!" casino starred as the mad scientist with the large ape.
- Actor Charles Gray (Blofeld) played Henderson in the film "You Only Live Twice" (1967).
- Actor Shane Rimmer (head of security at Willard White’s space lab, named Tom) played Captain Carter in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and appeared at the very beginning of "You Only Live Twice" as one of the employees of the American space flight control center.
- Bond drives past the Golden Nugget hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard more than six times in a single scene.
- The last scene filmed with Sean Connery as James Bond in the official Bond series was the episode in the coffin.
- Sean Connery donated his $1,200,000 fee for the film "Diamonds Are Forever" to the Scottish International Education Fund. In addition to this, Connery received 12.5% of the film's box office revenue as part of his contract.
- Under the contract Sean Connery signed with United Artists for the film "Diamonds Are Forever," the studio was obligated to finance two films of his choosing. The first was "The Offence." The next was to be "Macbeth." However, due to the poor performance of "The Offence" and the resulting losses for the studio, the film version of "Macbeth" starring Connery was cancelled.
- The Moon Buggy was designed by Ken Adam – the creator of most of the props in the Bond films. In 2004, the Moon Buggy, fully restored by its previous owner, Graham Rye, the editor-in-chief of "007 Magazine," was sold for $46,337 to the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain.
- Due to Sean Connery's large fee, the film's special effects budget was significantly reduced.
- In "Diamonds Are Forever," Bond emerges from the ocean onto Blofeld's oil rig, stepping inside a floating sphere. Today, a company in New Zealand produces numerous variations of this type of transport called Zorb.
- In the screenplay, Mr. Wint kills the dentist by shoving a scorpion into his mouth.
- A scene featuring Bert Saxby (the casino manager) discussing a contract with Sam Davis Jr., a popular Black comedian at the time, did not make it into the film. His photograph can be seen next to a photograph of Shady Tree in a magazine that Bond is flipping through while lying in the bath in his apartment.
- Initially, there was an idea to make the twin brother of Auric Goldfinger (“Goldfinger”, 1964) the main villain of the film.
- Bambi and Thumper are characters from the Disney animated film “Bambi.” Bambi is a fawn, and Thumper is a rabbit.
- The film’s title quotes the slogan from a famous 1946 De Beers advertising campaign.
- The image of Willard Whyte, the reclusive billionaire living in one of the Las Vegas hotels, was largely based on Howard Hughes, who, incidentally, personally approved the film's screenplay.
- During the filming of the pool scene, where Lana Wood's character (Plenty O'Toole) was killed, the rope attached to the actress's feet was secured in such a way that she could lift her head out of the water and breathe between takes. However, like most pools, this one also had a sloping bottom, and the weight to which the actress's feet were tied gradually slid into deeper water. Lana Wood was unable to lift her head out of the water. Fortunately, the film crew's lifeguards noticed this in time and dived into the water to untie the actress's feet.
- To drive through the narrow gap between two buildings, Bond tilts his 'Ford Mustang Mach 1' to the right, but the car emerges from the gap tilted to the left. This happened because this episode was filmed at three different studios by different crews: the entrance to the dead-end alley was filmed at Universal Studios (Southern California), the exit on the streets of Las Vegas, and the interior at Pinewood Studios (England). Hence the famous blooper. On the DVD (Special Edition) of this film, you can find a take where the Ford Mustang exits correctly, on its right wheels, but a large crowd of onlookers is visible in the background, making this take unusable.
- During the chase after the moon buggy, a wheel fell off. We see it rolling in the frame. In the next scene, the wheel is back in place.
- In the opening scene of the film, when James Bond falls to the floor, dirt gets on his clothes. However, when Bond gets up, his jacket looks perfectly clean.
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