Diamonds Are Forever

In Diamonds Are Forever, Sean Connery is back as 007, and so is the cheerful, carefree tone. The plot is a rather muddled affair about large-scale diamond smuggling, whose mastermind does not shy away from murder either. The villain in the shadows is, of course, none other than Blofeld, who has once again hatched devious plans for how he can achieve world domination. The diamonds are an indispensable part of that plan, and only one man can stop him.

As usual, Bond gets around the world. The mission starts in Amsterdam, where he meets the smuggler babe Tiffany Case. Together they travel on to the USA, where Blofeld is operating from. In the middle of the film there is a terrific scene in which Bond escapes from the villains in a ridiculous moon buggy, which nevertheless proves perfectly suited to the uneven lunar landscape.

One of the Bond girls, Lana Wood, is reportedly Natalie Wood's little sister.