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In the third film of cinema’s longest-running franchise, James Bond (Sean Connery) is assigned to investigate the wealthiest man in the world, Auric Goldfinger, who is suspected of smuggling England’s gold reserves and whose greed is exceeded only by his disrespect for human life. Bond must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox — and obliterate the world’s economy.
“GOLDFINGER remains not just my favourite Bond movie, but the standard by which all other Bond movies must be judged. It has Sean Connery, of course, and the best theme song, incorporating Shirley Bassey and lashings of John Barry brass. And it has the best villain.” —Anne Billson, Guardian
“At the beginning of GOLDFINGER, James Bond emerges from black water sporting a seagull on his head, then proceeds to shed his wet suit to reveal a snazzy tuxedo replete with buttonhole. Larger than life, faintly ridiculous, completely cool, it is perhaps the quintessential James Bond movie moment to kickstart the quintessential James Bond movie. In short, GOLDFINGER is the Bond flick where 007 really hit his stride.” —Ian Freer, Empire Magazine