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Goldfinger, 1964
A prop 'grappling-hook' gun -- 15¼in. (38.7cm.) long -- made for Sean Connery as James Bond in the 1964 United Artists/Eon Film Goldfinger
Literature
BENSON, Raymond The James Bond Bedside Companion London: Boxtree, 1988, p.180

Lot Essay

Sean Connery as James Bond uses the 'grappling-hook' gun in the pre-title sequence of the 1964 film Goldfinger. This sequence set the tone of the humour for the whole film which began when Bond emerged from the water in a wet suit with a decoy bird attached to his head. Having discarded the decoy, he then uses the gun to fire a line over a high wall which he is then able to scale in order to get into a heroin factory in South America. He leaves a timed explosive device in the factory, quits the premises, and disposes of his wet suit to reveal a white tuxedo beneath complete with a red carnation in the lapel. He then proceeds to his next port-of-call, a nightclub, where he is ensconced when his timed device goes off. More action follows involving the dancer from the nightclub who has set Bond up, and a tough fight sequence terminates with 007 disposing of his attacker who he has thrown into a bathtub by tossing an electric heater into the water. The end result gives rise to Bond's memorable line ..Shocking. Positively shocking.. -- Raymond Benson describes this pre-credit sequence as ...brilliant...the best of the series..[which]..could stand on its own as a short subject...

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