The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
1974 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Moore facing Christopher Lee’s Scaramanga. Far East setting, energy-crisis MacGuffin, solar weapon.
This page collects the films written by Tom Mankiewicz reviewed at Master of Worlds: “Diamonds Are Forever (1971)”, “Live and Let Die (1973)”, and “The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)”. Each review examines the screenplay and the role it plays in the film’s larger design, approaching the work as storytelling first. The collection grows as further titles are added.
1974 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Moore facing Christopher Lee’s Scaramanga. Far East setting, energy-crisis MacGuffin, solar weapon.
1973 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Roger Moore’s debut. Voodoo, blaxploitation tropes, Jane Seymour as Solitaire. Paul McCartney theme.
1971 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Connery returning. Las Vegas setting, diamond smuggling, Blofeld as Howard Hughes pastiche.