Tag: Diamonds Are Forever

In Diamonds Are Forever, Norman Burton’s Felix Leiter ranks among my least favorite interpretations of the character. The shortcomings are less an indictment of Norman Burton’s acting abilities and more a reflection of the movie’s pervasive campiness. In that sense,… Read More →

In Diamonds Are Forever, James Bond delivers one of the series’ more gross wordplays when explaining to covert CIA agent Felix Leiter where smuggled diamonds are concealed inside a corpse. The line cleverly riffs on Sherlock Holmes’ famous line “Elementary,… Read More →

In Diamonds Are Forever, Bond’s methodical reasoning is on full display as he narrows down Blofeld’s possible whereabouts across Willard Whyte’s sprawling empire. His systematic recitation “From Alaska to Florida, from Maine to Oregon, from Texas to Baja, California” provokes… Read More →

Diamonds Are Forever may be the only Bond film that openly toys with the idea of Bond as a celebrity rather than merely a spy. After Tiffany Case blurts out that Bond has essentially killed “James Bond,” the conversation shifts… Read More →

Bond’s habit of addressing animals as though they were sentient confidants (as seen earlier with the shark in Thunderball) reappears in Diamonds Are Forever when he regains consciousness from a knockout kidnapping and finds himself eye-to-eye with a rat.  Still… Read More →

This wonderfully oblivious outburst from Willard Whyte in Diamonds Are Forever perfectly encapsulates how utterly detached he is from the peril surrounding him.  Bert Saxby was a senior, trusted lieutenant on Whyte’s payroll, yet Whyte has no idea that Saxby… Read More →

Willard Whyte (portrayed by country icon Jimmy Dean) is one of the more peculiar creative choices in Diamonds Are Forever.  His Texas drawl, showcased in this line as he inexplicably joins a CIA helicopter raid on Blofeld’s oil rig, lands… Read More →