Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.
Trailer
Director
Guy Hamilton
Writer
Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz
Studio
EON Productions, United Artists
Release
1971-12-14
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Action, Thriller
Cast & Characters
James Bond
Sean Connery
Tiffany Case
Jill St. John
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Charles Gray
Plenty O'Toole
Lana Wood
Willard Whyte
Jimmy Dean
Albert R. Saxby
Bruce Cabot
M. Kidd
Putter Smith
M. Wint
Bruce Glover
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Critical Assessment
Diamonds Are Forever holds 6.5/10 on IMDb (124K votes), 64% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 57% audience score.
Critics and audiences are broadly aligned on this one.
Ratings as of August 3, 2026
AI Verdict
AI-generatedDiamonds Are Forever's 6.5 IMDb average and 64% Rotten Tomatoes score place it among the more divisive entries in the 60-plus-year Bond franchise.
Fan & Critic Buzz
The movie "Diamonds Are Forever" received mixed reviews, with some critics calling it "one of the worst Bond films", while others enjoyed its fun and wacky tone, finding it to be a "fun, action adventure". The film's lighthearted approach is highlighted by some as a departure from more serious Bond movies.
Reviews
Not one of my favourite Bond films by a country mile but still so much fun. The recent complete-James-Bond-on-blu boxed set that was released has been my ONLY time seeing Sean Connery's last 'official' outing as 007 not edited for television and full screen, so it's basically my…
talisencrw · 8/10_**The series gets silly as James Bond goes to Las Vegas**_ Agent 007 (Sean Connery) is sent to Las Vegas to uncover a smuggling ring and suspects Blofeld (Charles Gray) is masterminding the nefarious operation; meanwhile a gay duo of assassins threatens the investigation. Jill S…
Wuchak · 6/10MOST of the bad reviews on a lot of the Connery era 007 movies are... political. They don't like classic 60s 007 because of contemporary Woke six decades later politics. But.... this one just sucks. And, keep in mind, I say this with Connery being my favorite 007 and 4 out of his…
GenerationofSwine · 2/10007 follows a blood trail of diamond smuggling. Of course it leads to a dastardly villain. This one has a lot of the Bond elements. There is a lot of action, almost non stop, a lot of nice scenery, though not as great as the great Bond films. And there is wit. Also lacking, due t…
drystyx · 6/10Sean Connery returned as Ian Fleming's "007" in this caper about a megalomaniac with a fiendish plan to use diamonds to blackmail the world. Shirley Bassey belts out Don Black's lyrics as we set off on a fun, action adventure that, from the outset, makes your political correctnes…
CinemaSerf · 7/10Diamonds Are Forever is a film I used to sight as one of the worst Bond films but on a recent watch I found it very funny and witty.
tmdb93836550 · 8/10
