{"id":2697,"date":"2025-08-01T02:26:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T06:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:11:52","slug":"goldfinger-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=2697","title":{"rendered":"Goldfinger-1964"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goldfinger-1964<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Guy Hamilton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Sean Connery, Gert Frobe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top 250 Films #114<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #337<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed January 9, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

By the time Goldfinger (1964) was released, the third in the James Bond franchise, the films were huge successes, and the budget was not to be spared a dime.<\/p>\n

The lavish sets prove this, and Goldfinger is one of the best Bond films. It contains all the necessary elements for success: interesting villains, Bond girls, gadgets, and locales.<\/p>\n

By 1964’s Goldfinger, Ian Fleming’s franchise had hit its stride and was achieving runaway success.<\/p>\n

The intriguing premise immediately sets the tone- 007 is assigned to investigate a massive gold smuggling scheme. The conspirator is Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), who hatches a plot to contaminate Fort Knox’s United States Bullion Depository.<\/p>\n

His goal, naturally, is to control the world.!<\/p>\n

The adventure takes Bond from the United Kingdom to Switzerland and finally to the United States in \u00a0Kentucky and Florida.<\/p>\n

The main Bond girl, a villain, is uniquely named Pussy Galore. The film implies that the character is bisexual and she is tough. James Bond becomes intrigued by and smitten with her.<\/p>\n

Goldfinger has the honor of containing one of the greatest Bond villains of all time- the title character of Goldfinger. Big and burly, he is menacing-looking, and actor Frobe is perfectly cast.<\/p>\n

We first meet the man cheating at gin rummy poolside at a lavish Miami Beach hotel, while Bond looks on from dozens of floors up, with the assistance of Goldfinger’s moll, Jill Masterson.<\/p>\n

In one of the greatest scenes in Bond history, a knocked-out Bond awakens to find Jill dead\u2014and completely covered in gold paint! This scene, which occurs early on, sets up the Bond\/Goldfinger rivalry outstandingly.<\/p>\n

Goldfinger’s henchman, Oddjob, is also a grand Bond villain. He is Asian, menacing, and wears a trademark steel-rimmed hat, which he uses to kill his victims. Jill’s sister, Tilly, seeks revenge on Goldfinger but finds herself a victim of Oddjob’s infamous bowler hat as she flees for her life.<\/p>\n

Following 1962’s From Russia With Love, an exceptional Bond film with nary a flaw, Goldfinger excels slightly because it has all the right ingredients and is firing on all cylinders.<\/p>\n

Everything flows with precision.<\/p>\n

Unforgettable is the climax of Goldfinger at the legendary Fort Knox itself. Goldfinger’s private army, an atomic device, a countdown to destruction, and Oddjob all make for a satisfying and riveting conclusion to one exceptional Bond entry.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations<\/strong>: 1 win<\/strong>-Best Sound Effects (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goldfinger-1964 Director Guy Hamilton Starring Sean Connery, Gert Frobe Top 250 Films #114 Scott’s Review #337 Reviewed January 9, 2016 Grade: A By the time Goldfinger (1964) was released, the third in the James Bond franchise, the films were huge successes, and the budget was not to be spared a dime. The lavish sets prove … Continue reading Goldfinger-1964<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7912,91,151,1387,1394,5700,1240,5702,5699,26,1389,9942,694,5701,5703,7464],"tags":[7913,92,152,1391,1395,5705,1241,5707,5704,138,1393,9947,695,5706,5708,7460],"class_list":["post-2697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-114-favorite-film","category-1964-films","category-actionfilms","category-bernard-lee","category-desmond-llewelyn","category-gert-frobe","category-guy-hamilton","category-harold-sakata","category-honor-blackman","category-bondfilms","category-lois-maxwell","category-martin-benson","category-sean-connery","category-shirley-eaton","category-tania-mallet","category-top-250-films","tag-114-favorite-film","tag-1964-movie-reviews","tag-action-films","tag-bernard-lee","tag-desmond-llewelyn","tag-gert-frobe","tag-guy-hamilton","tag-harold-sakata","tag-honor-blackman","tag-james-bond-films","tag-lois-maxwell","tag-martin-benson","tag-sean-connery","tag-shirley-eaton","tag-tania-mallet","tag-top-250-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2697"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21928,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions\/21928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}