Goldfinger is a 1964 spy film and the third instalment in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe and Shirley Eaton. Goldfinger was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. The film was the first of four Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton.
Theatrical release poster by Robert Brownjohn
Aerial view of the U.S. Gold Bullion Depository at Fort Knox
Connery with co-star Tania Mallet during filming in Switzerland
Two Aston Martin DB5s were built for production, one of which had no gadgets.
Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Written in January and February 1958, it was first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 23 March 1959. The story centres on the investigation by the British Secret Service operative James Bond into the gold-smuggling activities of Auric Goldfinger, who is also suspected by MI6 of being connected to SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence organisation. As well as establishing the background to the smuggling operation, Bond uncovers a much larger plot: Goldfinger plans to steal the gold reserves of the United States from Fort Knox.
An Aston Martin DB Mark III, as driven by Bond
A 1909 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, as driven by Goldfinger
The clubhouse at Royal St George's Golf Club