Diamonds Are Forever is the seventh spy film in the Eon Productions James Bond series, and the sixth and final Eon Productions film to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four James Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton. The story has Bond impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring, and soon uncovering a plot by his old nemesis Blofeld to use the diamonds and build a giant laser. After George Lazenby left the franchise, producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli... tested other actors, but studio United Artists wanted Sean Connery back, paying a then-record $1.25 million salary for him to return. The producers were inspired by Goldfinger, eventually hiring that film's director, Guy Hamilton. Locations included Las Vegas, California, Amsterdam and Lufthansa's hangar in Germany. Diamonds Are Forever was a commercial and critical success, but received criticism for its humorous camp tone. James Bond - agent 007 - pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld and eventually finds him at a secret facility, where Blofeld look-alikes are being created through surgery.
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| Release date: | December 14, 1971 |
| Directed by: | Guy Hamilton |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 120 Minutes |
| Producer: | Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli, Alan Silvers |
| Editor: | John W. Holmes, Bert Bates |
| Music by: | John Barry |
| Cinematography: | Ted Moore |
| Screenplay by: | Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz |
| Estimated budget: | $7,200,000 |
| Adapted from: | Diamonds Are Forever |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction |