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The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)

So speak or forever hold your piece

Although I’ve previously commented on this line from The Man with the Golden Gun, it demands a second look. This altered spelling that isn’t the well known wedding quote is not accidental, but a sly double entendre. James Bond pressures Lazar, Scaramanga’s bullet maker, with the threat of a rifle shot to the groin if he refuses to reveal his golden buyer.

It’s obviously a moment of genuine tension, and one that highlights how unusually forceful and frustrated Bond is throughout the movie. Roger Moore leans into a sharper, more impatient edge here, as well as in the hotel scene with Andrea Anders and others. That harder tone can feel slightly out of step with Moore’s typically lighter interpretation, but it also gives the movie a distinctive version of Roger Moore not seen in any other of his movies.