On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1969
Running Times: 140m
Format: Technicolor     Panavision (anamorphic)      35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound:

DIRECTION

Director: Peter Hunt

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Eon Productions
Producers: Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman
Associate Producer: Stanley Sopel
Production Manager: Hubert Froelich
Production Supervisor: David Middlemas

SCRIPT
Script: Richard Maibaum
Additional Dialogue: Simon Raven, representatives from the College of Arms (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Frank Ernst
Stock Car Sequence Director: Anthony Squire
2nd Unit Director: John Glen

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Michael Reed
Aerial Photography: John Jordan
Ski Photography: Willy Bogner Jr, Alex Barbey
Camera Operator: Alec Mills
2nd Unit Cameramen: Egil Woxholt, Roy Ford
2nd Unit Assistant Camera: Adrian Biddle (uncredited)

EDITOR
Editor: John Glen

MUSIC
Music: John Barry
Lyrics: Hal David
Songs Performed By: Louis Armstrong (We Have All the Time in the World), Nina (Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?)
Music Recorded At: CTS Studios

SOUND
Sound Recording: John Mitchell, Gordon McCallum
Dubbing Editors: Nicholas Stevenson, Harry Miller

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Paul Rabiger, Basil Newall
Hair: Eileen Warwick
Costume Designer: Marjory Cornelius
Wardrobe Mistress: Jackie Cummins

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: John Stears

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Syd Cain
Art Director: Bob Laing
Set Decorator: Peter Lamont
Main Title Designer: Maurice Binder

LOCATIONS
Locations: Lisbon, Portugal, Murren, near Interlaken, Switzerland, St Moritz, Switzerland, College Of Arms, London, England, UK
Studio: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks To: Her Majesty's College of Arms and Heralds, The Schilthornbahn A.G. of Murren, Switzerland, The Ford Motor Company

STUNTS
Stunt Arranger: George Leech
Bobsleigh Stunts: Heinz Lau, Robert Zimmerman
Stock Car Stunt Arranger: Anthony Squires
Stunts: George Leech, Chris Webb, Richard Graydon, Vic Armstrong (uncredited)
Helicopter Pilot: John Crewdson

CAST
George Lazenby (James Bond)
Diana Rigg (Tracy)
Telly Savalas (Blofeld)
Gabriele Ferzetti (Draco)
Ilse Steppat (Irma Bunt)
Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny)
George Baker (Sir Hilary Bray)
Bernard Lee (M)
Bernard Horsfall (Campbell)
Desmond Llewellyn (Q)
Yuri Borienko (Grunther)
Virginia North (Olympe)
Geoffrey Cheshire (Toussaint)
Irvin Allen (Che Che)
Terry Mountain (Raphael)
James Bree (Gumbold)
John Gay (Hammond)
Abgela Scoular (Ruby)
Catherina von Schell (Nancy)
Julie Ege (Scandinavian)
Mona Chong (Chinese)
Sylvana Henriques (Jamaican)
Dani Sheridan (American)
Joanna Lumley (English)
Zara (Indian)
Anoushka Hempel (Australian)
Ingrit Back (German)
Helena Ronee (Israeli)
Jenny Hanley (Irish)

UNCREDITED CREW

George Cooper (Braun - uncredited)
Les Crawford (Felsen - uncredited)
John Creudson (Draco's helicopter pilot - uncredited)
Richard Graydon (Draco's diver - uncredited)
Reg Harding (Blofeld's driver - uncredited)
Dudley Jones (hall porter - uncredited)
Martin Leyder (Chef de Jue Husser - uncredited)
Bessie Love (American guest - uncredited)
Norman McGlen (janitor - uncredited)
Bill Morgan (Klett - uncredited)
Steve Plytas (Greek tycoon - uncredited)
Robert Rietty (chef de jeu - uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan (American guest - uncredited)
Joseph Vasa (Piz Gloria receptionist - uncredited)
Brian Worth (Manuel -uncredited)
George Leech (double for Lazenby - uncredited)
Peter R. Hunt (uncredited)
David de Keyser (voice of Draco - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

James Bond is given leave when he tries to resign after being taken off Operation Bedlam, the ongoing search for Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Duruing his break he meets and falls in love with a young aristocrat, Tracy, then becomes involved in the investigation into a claim for the title of Comte de Bleauchamp. The claim is being made by Blofeld who, from his base high in the Swiss alps, is conditioning a team of young women who will unwittingly spread his lethal plague around the world. (Full Synopsis)

Much undervalued on its release and for many years afterwards, this is in fact a very creditable film, easily the last of the great Bond movies until the coming of Pierce Brosnan almost two-and-a- half decades later. George Lazenby isn't half as bad as some seem to remember, though Connery is sorely missed. A little over-long, perhaps, but an exceptional achievement nonetheless. (Full Review)

Finland
Rating: K-16

Germany
Rating: 16

Ireland
Rating: PG

Netherlands
Rating: 12

Norway
Rating: 15

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

1968
July
7: USA - Test footage of Lazenby and Rigg is shown to United Artists executives at their New York offices.

September
23: UK - David Picker, president of United Artists, flies to London to try to get Connery to return to the series.

October
3: UK - the British press announce to the public that Lazenby was to be the new Bond.
7: UK - Eon holds a press conference at London's Dorchester Hotel to formally present their new Bond for the first time.
13: UK - Lazenby, Rigg, Savalas and Steppat pose for publicity shots on the roof of the Dorchester.
21: Switzerland - shooting begins in Piz Gloria

1968
June
23: UK - shooting ends, two months over schedule.

1969
December
18: Denmark - theatrical release
18: Sweden - theatrical release
18: USA - theatrical release
19: Finland - theatrical release
19: West Germany - theatrical release
Day Unknown: France - theatrical release

1978
September
4: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1980
September
6: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1983
April
1: UK - UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1986
September
23: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1989
December
25: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1991
September
7: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1996
January
1: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1997
January
6: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre as part of the Brand New Bonds season)
9: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre as part of the Brand New Bonds season)

1998
December
12: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1999
June
26: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2000
May
29: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2002
March
2: USA - television broadcast (on ABC)

Far up! Far out! Far more! James Bond 007 is back!

James Bond 007 est de retour

James Bond 007 is back

James Bond 007 esta aqui!

Im Geheimdienst Ihrer Majestät - German title
Au service secret de sa majesté - French/Belgian French title
In Geheime dienst van hare majestiet - Belgian Flemish title
Agente 007, al servizio segreto di sua maesta - Italian title
007 al servicio secreto de su majestao - Spanish title
O.H.M.S.S. - promotional title

SEQUEL TO
Dr No (1962)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)

SEQUELS
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Live and Let Die (1973)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Octopussy (1983)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
A View to a Kill (1985)
The Living Daylights (1987)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Goldeneye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)

SEE ALSO
Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E., The (1983)
H-E Double Hockey Sticks (1999)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987)
The James Bond Story (1999)
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002)

PERIODICALS

American Cinematographer 51:3 (March 1970) p.??

American Cinematographer 79:6 (June 1998) p.168

Cinefantastique vol.31 no.9 (December 1999) pp.54-55

Films and Filming January 1970 p.38

Film Bulletin 38:1 (12 January 1970)

Film Review August 1999 pp.78-83

Films In Review 43:11/12 (November / December 1992)

Hollywood Reporter 17 December 1969 p.3

Hollywood Reporter 27 December 1968 p.9

Kine Weekly 20 December 1969 p.8

Los Angeles Times 18 December 1969

Monthly Film Bulletin February 1970 p.34

Motion Picture Herald 240:1 (& January 1970) p.352

Today's Cinema 13 January 1969 p.12

Today's Cinema 10 February 1969 p.8

Today's Cinema 19 December 1969 pp.5, 20

Today's Cinema January 1970 p.9

TV Times 23 December 1989 - 5 January 1990 p.47
credits, review, synopsis

Variety 17 December 1969 p.16

BOOKS

The Incredible World of 007 pp.54-61, 146, 176, 177

Kiss Kiss, Bang! Bang! pp.82-95
illustrated article, credits, review, synopsis

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.347
credits

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