Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel by the British author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the story at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica,
First edition cover
The main track of Saratoga Race Course (in 1907)
Sierra Leonean miners panning for diamonds
RMS Queen Elizabeth approaching New York; Fleming travelled to the US on board, Bond took the ship back to Britain.
Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 spy film and the seventh film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as
Diamonds Are Forever (novel)
…story was serialised in the Daily Express newspaper, first in an abridged, multi-part form and then as a comic strip. In 1971 it was adapted into the seventh Bond film in the series and was the last Eon Productions film to star Sean Connery as Bond. The British Secret Service agent James Bond is sent on an assignment…
Theatrical release poster by Robert McGinnis
Sean Connery during filming in Amsterdam, 31 July 1971
The International Hotel (now Westgate Las Vegas) doubled as The Whyte House
Jill St. John and Lana Wood during filming