In The Spy Who Loved Me, when M learns from Moneypenny that Bond is on mission in Austria, he delivers this line in a moment of surprisingly overt innuendo. The gag lands not simply because of the double entendre, but because it comes from Bernard Lee’s M: a curmudgeon otherwise defined by discipline and restraint. The cut straight to Bond mid “mission” only sharpens the punchline, and I can imagine there were some laughs in the theater upon first viewing. It’s a brief exchange, yet it demonstrates how even the typically stoic head of MI6 can inhabit the franchise’s playful sexual tone and get away with it.
December 30, 2025 – 10:07 AM UTC
Moneypenny’s lament in Goldfinger ranks among the most overtly wistful moments between her and Bond of any movie. Frustrated by Bond’s predictable excuses for avoiding a proper date, she masks disappointment with the familiar line, “Some girls have all the luck.” A decade or so before the “guys” version of the phrase became widely associated…