Today’s movie is an
espionage action film with a scene that happens on September 13. Watch it
tonight and enjoy.
ON HER MAJESTY’S
SECRET SERVICE
British Secret Service agent
James Bond, Agent 007 saves a woman from committing suicide, in spite of being
attacked by four men. He later learns she is Tracy di Vicenzo and saves her
from being embarrassed at a casino. Afterwards they have an amorous interlude.
On September 13, 1969 [18:41 to 26:43] Bond is kidnapped and taken to see
Draco, the head of the Union Corse and Tracy’s father. He offers to pay Bond
£1,000,000 to marry her. Bond refuses, but offers to do it if Draco will tell
him where Blofeld, Bond’s arch-enemy is hiding. In London Bond is removed from
the Blofeld investigation, so Bond goes and courts Tracy. Bond breaks into the
safe of a Swiss lawyer and learns Blofeld is seeking the help of Sir Hilary
Bray of the College of Arms to establish his right to the title “Comte de
Bleuchamp”. Bond, impersonating Bray goes to Blofeld’s hideout, an allergy
clinic he is running, located atop Piz Gloria in the Swiss Alps. Bond is
eventually caught, but learns that ten female patients at the clinic are being
brainwashed into distributing bacteriological warfare agents around the world
to destroy domestic plants and animals. Bond makes a breathtaking ski escape
from the mountain. He reaches the village of Lauterbrunnen, where he is rescued
by Tracy who had been looking for him. They take refuge in a barn where Bond
proposes to her. Later trying to get out of the area they are caught in an
avalanche caused by Blofeld. Bond escapes, but Tracy is captured. When the UN
decides to pay Blofeld off, Bond is forbidden to do anything. He teams up with
Draco and launches an attack on Piz Gloria, destroying the facility and
rescuing Tracy. Blofeld escapes. Tracy and Bond are married, but on the way to
their honeymoon, she is killed by Blofeld and his henchwoman, Irma Blunt.
Although Lazenby’s performance
was widely derided at the time, I think this is one of my favorite Bond films.
Lazenby plays Bond as a real person, not a secret agent caricature. Diana Rigg
of course is the ultimate Bond girl. After all, she was the only one who ever
got Bond to the altar.
In the film at 22:05 Draco says
“today is the 13th”. At 26:34 the calendar shows September.
Producer - Harry Saltzman and
Albert R. Broccoli
Director - Peter R. Hunt
Screenplay - Richard Maibaum
Runtime – 2 hours 20 minutes
Released – December 18, 1969
Starring –
George Lazenby as James Bond
Diana Rigg as Countess Tracy di
Vicenzo Bond
Telly Savalas as Ernst Stavro
Blofeld
Gabriele Ferzetti as Marc-Ange
Draco
Ilse Steppat as Irma Bunt
Bernard Lee as M
Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny .
George Baker as Sir Hilary Bray
Yuri Borienko as Grunther .
Bernard Horsfall as Shaun Campbell
Desmond Llewelyn as Q
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014.
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