The seventh James Bond film, Sean Connery returning to the role after George Lazenby made his first and only appearance in the previous film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Bond is sent to investigate a diamond smuggling ring, though of course as this is a Bond film there isn't as simple a reason for smuggling diamonds such as greed. Bond discovers that SPECTRE are using the diamonds to create a powerful orbital laser weapon. The laser is used to destroy nuclear weapons in the US, Russia and China...
Bond discovers this in his usual way, mostly wearing a dinner jacket in various nice bars and casinos. Bond befriends (and beds of course) the diamond smuggler Tiffany (Jill St. John), he also tangles with arch-nemesis Blofeld (Charles Grey). Bond also steals a moon buggy and it all ends up in a final battle on an oil rig. The usual campy and over the top 007 nonsense we love.
This was Connery's final "official" James Bond film, 1983's Never Say Never Again being not part of the Eon produced canon of course. It is a fine film which depicts the ridiculous stylised 007 spy game better than most. The title song by Shireley Bassey surely has to be one of the very best Bond themes.
