

The Man with the Golden Gun
The world's greatest villains tried to kill James Bond...now it's Scaramanga's turn to try!
Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $7M
- Box office
- $97.6M
- Language
- Thai
- gold
- exotic island
- martial arts
- assassin
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- england
- hitman
- secret mission
- villain
- bangkok, thailand
- thailand
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG20 Dec 1974
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG19 Dec 1974
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG19 Dec 1974
AustriaAT
- Theatrical1220 Dec 1974
BrazilBR
- Theatrical125 Jan 1975
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical719 Dec 1974
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1620 Dec 1974
FranceFR
- Theatrical1220 Dec 1974
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1219 Dec 1974
GreeceGR
- Theatrical27 Dec 1974
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1220 Dec 1974
- Physical16DVD1 Feb 2001
- Physical16DVD, Blu-ray26 Mar 2009
- Physical16DVD, Blu-ray30 Sept 2015
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG20 Dec 1974
Frequently asked questions
The Man with the Golden Gun was released on 4 December 1974.
Audience reviews
7- T9/10
tmdb18359958
2/20/2017
**Excellent Bond film.** Superior Bond film with Christopher Lee as an assassin who sets his sights on Sir Roger Moore. Big mistake! A fast moving entry from Guy Hamilton that has lovely locations, incredible stunts - (The car flip has yet to be bettered) sexy ladies, a great theme tune, the return of the hilarious Sheriff J W Pepper and of course the legendary Sir Roger Moore as James Bond. If only the b…
- W7/10
Wuchak
8/28/2018
“The plane, the plane” Agent 007 (Roger Moore) learns that he’s on the hit list of the world's most expensive assassin, Scaramanga (Christopher Lee). Traveling from Beirut to Macau, China, to Bangkok, Thailand, he aims to confront the assassin while recovering sensitive solar cell equipment. Hervé Villechaize is on hand as Scaramanga’s little assistant, Nick Nack. “The Man with the Golden Gun” (1974) was Moore’…
- J7/10
John Chard
4/24/2019
You get as much pleasure out of killing as I do, so why don't you admit it? The Man with the Golden Gun is directed by Guy Hamilton and adapted to screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz from the Ian Fleming novel. It stars Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Herve Villechaize, Soon-Taik-Oh, Richard Loo and Clifton James. Music is scored by John Barry and cinematography by Ted Moore &…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/15/2022
Sometimes a film is more than just what you see on the screen. I will always recall this fondly as it was the first film I ever saw in a cinema that wasn't a cartoon - and I really enjoyed it. This time "007" receives a rather intriguing golden bullet through the post. After some detective work he concludes that he is a target of he eponymous character - "Scaramanger" (Christopher Lee) who charges $1m per hit. Why, t…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/11/2023
I write this with the understanding that I am not supposed to like it. It's one of the movies that, in serious Bond fandom, you aren't supposed to like. And, that is because, yeah, the script sort of really sucks... and I'm not going to defend it. They could have done a far better job. However, it's still a fun movie. It's Moore era silly Bond and one of the big reasons people don't like this is because the Moo…
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