James Bond Series

The James Bond Series is a film franchise based upon the novels of Ian Fleming and revolve around the British Secret Service Agent James Bond.

Sean Connery Era
Sean Connery was the first actor to play Bond, first appearing in 1962's Goldfinger. He appeared in a total of 6 Bond films, with Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds are Forever following Goldfinger.

Goldfinger - Bond travels to America to investigate a shady but wealthy businessman Auric Goldfinger (portrayed by Gert Frobe). He uncovers Goldfinger's plan to blow up Fort Knox in order to increase his own gold supply. Bond must battle Goldfinger's henchman Oddjob (Harold Sakata) and team up with female pilot Pussy Galore (Honour Blackman) in order to thwart the plan.

Dr. No - Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the death of an MI6 agent, Richard Strangways. He meets up with CIA agent Felix Leiter and local fisherman Quarrel; together they work out the mystery and realise that the man behind it all is reculsive scientist Julius No (Joseph Wiseman) who lives on Crab Key Island. Bond run into Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) and they team up to battle Dr. No and stop his plan to topple US guided missile tests.

From Russia with Love - Following the death of their agent, Dr. No, the mysterious SPECTRE organization sets up a plan to kill James Bond, involving a Lektor decoder, a Russian beauty named Tatiana Romanova (Daneila Bianachi) and a deadly killer known as Donald 'Red' Grant (Robert Shaw).

Thunderball - SPECTRE oversees the theft of two nuclear warheads from NATO and hold the Western world to ransom. Bond goes to the Bahamas to investigate Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi) and his mistress Domino (Claudine Auger) and finds that Largo is in possession of the bombs and must stop him from firing.

You Only Live Twice - Bond fakes his death at the hands of SPECTRE to escape their wrath following the collapse of their plan in Thunderball and is then sent to Japan to go undercover and investigate the mysterious Dr. Shatterhand. Bond teams up with another undercover agent, Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama) and together they infiltrate Shatterhand's castle, where they uncover his plot to finance SPECTRE via a suicide garden where depressed Japanese pay to kill themselves. But the biggest shock of all comes when the villain is revealed to actually be SPECTE No. 1; Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Jan Weirich).

Diamonds are Forever - Bond investigates a diamond smuggling ring and uncovers a plot by Las Vegas based villain Willard Whyte (Charles Gray) to use the diamonds to fuel an industrial satellite laser. Bond must work with Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) a member of the smuggling operation whilst avoiding deadly assassins Wint and Kidd (Bruce Glover and Putter Smith).

George Lazenby Era
When Connery stepped down from the role following Diamonds are Forever, George Lazenby was brought in as the next Bond. However, he only appeared in a single film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, which served as the first reboot of the series.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Bond must deal with courting Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo while also going undercover at the Piz Gloria; a secretive clinic in the Swiss Alps run by Count Bleuchamp (Telly Savalas). He accidentally stumbles upon Bleuchamp's plan to extort the UN by recognizing his status as a count or unleashing a deadly biological weapon upon the world. Bond ultimately kills Bleuchamp by breaking his neck during a fight on a bobsled and then weds Tracy, but as they drive off on their honeymoon, Bleuchamp's loyal henchwoman Irma Bunt kills Tracy in a drive-by shooting.