


His hit men are "gay and fun," Mr Kidd and Mr Wint. He hates martial music and takes no chances with his staff. Charles Gray becomes the third actor to portray a wildly sophisticated Blofeld on-screen following Donald Pleasance and Telly Savalas He succeeds as the reclusive tycoon Ernest Stavro Blofeld who creates doubles of himself to confuse Commander Bond. Nevertheless this redheaded diamond smuggler becomes the first American Bond beauty who does know how to wear a 'nice little nothing.' Jill inspires the best line in the movie. John is the free agent who defies Bond's charm, but is reduced to a weak heroine, as she displays none of the class we've come to expect of a Bond girl. For that Bond receives an urn containing a hoard of gems leads the police on a wild chase drives a Moonbuggy and a tiny Mustang convertible on two side wheels wins at the Craps table struggles superbly with two hot-tempered vixens rips off a woman's top bikini substitutes a fake computer tape tries to escape from a blazing coffin and knocks what he thinks is the real Blofeld // For the audience, it's intended to function as a glorious reinstatement of Connery-Bond, avenging Tracy's murder. Seeking a diamond smuggler, Bond has adventures in Amsterdam, in a Los Angeles crematorium, in various Las Vegas gambling parlors, and in a secret factory in Nevada desert. Connery's return to his role for a final throw is simply disappointing. In this 7th Bond movie, there is little of Bond's prowess in sex and violence.
