As a kid who didn’t want to be like James Bond, the beloved spy of the 1990s, the film titled Diamonds Are Forever showcased yet another adventure of his. Diamonds Are Forever served as a sequel for the first movie titled On Her Majesties Service, where Bond loses his newlywed wife within hours. Directed by Guy Hamilton, the film focuses on Bond infiltrating a diamond smuggling ring in Las Vegas.
The film is power-packed with good action sequences and a captivating storyline. Diamonds Are Forever had its viewers stuck to their seats, biting their nails, wondering what was going to happen next till the very end. Produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, the film is worth a watch.
The film’s lead cast consists of Sean Connery playing the role of James Bond, an M16 agent, John playing the role of Tiffany Case, a diamond smuggler, Charles Gray playing the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the arch-enemy of Bond; Lana Woon playing the role of Plenty O’ Toole, Jimmy Dean playing the role of Willard Whyte, an entrepreneur, and Bruce Cabot playing the role of Albert R.
The supporting cast of the film consists of Desmond Llewelyn playing the role of Q, David de Keyser playing the role of a doctor, Laurence Naismith playing the role of Sir Donald Munger, and Joe Robinson playing the role of Peter Franks.
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Diamonds Are Forever Premise
The film begins with Agent 007[James Bond] pursuing Blofeld, his arch-nemesis. As he follows Blofeld, James ends up arriving at a facility where look-alikes of Blofeld were created through cosmetic procedures.
Bond kills the real Blofeld by drowning him in a pool of mud that is superheated, alongside killing one of his test subjects. Meanwhile, Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, two assassins, have systematically killed several smugglers of diamonds, including Mrs. Whistler and Dr. Trynan.
M is suspicious about South African diamonds being stockpiled to decrease the price of diamonds by dumping, and he assigns James to uncover the ring responsible for the smuggling of diamonds.
Bond impersonates Peter Franks, a professional smuggler, and travels to Amsterdam to meet Tiffany Case. His plan gets interrupted when the real Franks arrive, but Bond intercepts and ends his life. Bond then switched his Id with Franks to make himself appear as the real one.
Tiffany and Frank go to Los Angeles to smuggle the diamonds found inside Frank’s corpse. Bond meets Felix Leiter, a CIA ally disguised as a U.S. customer inspector, at the airport, and then the three travel to Las Vegas. Frank’s body is cremated at a funeral home operated by Morton Slumber, and the diamonds inside his corpse get passed to another smuggler.
Slumber double-crosses, which almost leads to Bond’s death as he is almost cremated by the hands of Mr. Kidd and Wint. Tree comes at the right time and stops the cremation after he realizes the diamonds planted in Frank’s body are fake.
It gets revealed it was James’ plan all along alongside the CIA. Meanwhile, Bond has instructed Leiter to ship off the diamonds. Following this, James goes to a casino hotel named Whyte House, owned by Willard Whyte.
This is where Slumber works as a stand-up comedian. Bond soon discovers Kidd and Wint have killed Slumber as they didn’t know the diamonds were fake. Bond meets Plenty at the carp’s table, and after gambling a few rounds, he brings her to his room.
Slumber’s men take them hostage and throw Plenty out the window in the nearby swimming pool. Bond instructs Tiffany to retrieve the diamond from the Circus Circus Casino.
The same night Bond and Tiffany are chased by the police, but they safely escape. Bond uncovers Blofeld’s plan to create a laser satellite after he saves the real Whyte. Blofeld planned to use the diamonds for the creation of his laser satellite.
After a chase between Blofeld and Bond, the film ends with Bond engulfing Kid in flames using Brandy and throwing Wint off the board by using a bomb. The last scene is with Bond and Whitney pondering on methods to get the diamonds back on earth.
Diamonds Are Forever Filming Locations
The filming of Diamonds Are Forever began on 5 April 1971, with Las Vegas serving as the primary location for the shoot.
1. California
California is a beautiful state in the western part of the U.S. that served as the primary location for the filming of parts of Diamonds Are Forever. The production crew used the location to film several scenes, including the scene with Willard Whyte’s Winter Villa. Marine Corps Base Camp, located in California, served as the filming location for the scene where Bolfeld’s Oil Rig Lair is seen.
2. Netherlands
The Netherlands is a country that serves as a prominent location for the filming of several scenes for Diamonds Are Forever. The crew used Reguliersgracht 36, Amsterdam, to film the scene with Tiffany’s case at the Dutch apartment.
Magere Brug Centrum, in Amsterdam, became the filming location for the scene where a body gets dragged from the canal. Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam was used to film the canal scene.
3. Las Vegas
Las Vegas is a fun city, in the U.S. known for its casinos and nightlife served as the prime location for the filming of Diamonds Are Forever. The production crew used this location to film several scenes of the film. Circus Circus Casino, in Vegas, became the filming location of the parts with James and Tifany’s encounter with the trapeze artists.
The scene with James Bond staying in a hotel in Vegas is filmed at Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Vegas. The car chase scene in the film was shot at Fremont Street in downtown Vegas.
4. Germany
Germany is a country located in Europe used by the crew of Diamonds Are Forever to film some movie scenes. The scene with James Bond leaving Holland is filmed at Frankfurt Airport in Germany.
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