Diamonds are Forever
1971  PG  ACTION  2h
CAST— Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bruce Cabot, Bruce Glover, Putter Smith, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Leonard Barr, Laurence Naismith, Marc Lawrence
MUSIC— John Barry  DIRECTOR— Guy Hamilton  BASED ON— Diamonds are Forever (novel), by Ian Fleming

     The other fellow is back. Sean Connery returns in his sixth and final (not including Never Say Never Again [1983], the inferior remake of Thunderball [1965]) appearance as MI6 agent 007, James Bond. This time Bond is caught up in a silly adventure revolving around a cache of diamonds. He partners with a shady Jill St. John to track down the ice despite the constant heat on their tails. As it turns out Blofeld wants the diamonds for a super weapon. Or something; it doesn’t really make a ton of sense. Not as much fun as some of the other nonsensical Bond pics but it passes the time until the next one and is a sturdy farewell to Sean Connery’s interpretation of the character.
OUR RATING— ** ½
PRECEDED BY— Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
FOLLOWED BY— Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), The Living Daylights (1987), License to Kill (1989), GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), Die Another Day (2002)