On Her Majesty's Secret Service poster

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps, where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women.

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Director

Peter R. Hunt

Writer

Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, Simon Raven

Studio

EON Productions, United Artists

Release

1969-12-18

Runtime

2h 22m

Genres

Adventure, Action, Thriller

Cast & Characters

George Lazenby

James Bond

George Lazenby

Diana Rigg

Tracy Di Vicenzo

Diana Rigg

Telly Savalas

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Telly Savalas

Gabriele Ferzetti

Marc Ange Draco

Gabriele Ferzetti

Ilse Steppat

Irma Bunt

Ilse Steppat

Bernard Lee

M

Bernard Lee

Lois Maxwell

Miss Moneypenny

Lois Maxwell

George Baker

Sir Hilary Bray

George Baker

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Critical Assessment

IMDb
6.7/10
RT Critics
81%
RT Audience
64%

On Her Majesty's Secret Service holds 6.7/10 on IMDb (110K votes), 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 64% audience score.

A notable gap between the 81% critics score and 64% audience score suggests real disagreement over this entry.

Ratings as of August 3, 2026

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AI Verdict

AI-generated

On Her Majesty's Secret Service's 6.7 IMDb average and 81% Rotten Tomatoes score place it solidly mid-pack in the 60-plus-year Bond franchise.

Fan & Critic Buzz

AI Summary

Some viewers appreciate "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" for its originality and George Lazenby's performance. The film is considered decent by some, but others find it slow or with shoddy editing. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the movie takes the franchise into new territory and is essential viewing for true Bond fans.

Reviews

  • Ok, Before you say this is the worst of the Bond Films, just remember, The Aussie James Bond, "George Lazenby" was slated to do 7 Films, So we would have had alot more George except for the fact that the Producers of the 007 Films basically wanted him to live entirely their way f…

    OzDrDj · 7/10
  • It’s good if you want to watch the same movie as previous Bonds. So my plan is to watch the Bond movies in order from the first Bond movie to the last bond. I'm currently on “On Her Majesty's Secret Service”. One of the main things I noticed from Her Majesty's Secret Service is t…

    Datapotomus · 4/10
  • Even if we have all the time in the world, the world is not enough. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is directed by Peter Hunt and adapted to screenplay by Richard Maibaum from the novel written by Ian Fleming. It stars George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Ilse Steppat, Yuri…

    John Chard · 10/10
  • Decent enough entry, a little slow at times and while some effects weren't bad for its time, others were a bit iffy (not to mention some shoddy editing a time or two). I did like George Lazenby in the role (and at certain angles, kind of did look like Connery), as he did have som…

    JPV852 · 7/10
  • _**George Lazenby plays James Bond in the Swiss Alps**_ Agent 007 falls for a mob boss's daughter (Diana Rigg) and investigates a Swiss mountain-top lair where Blofeld (Telly Savalas) schemes to brainwash an assortment of women from around the world for his nefarious purposes. "O…

    Wuchak · 7/10
  • **Despite receiving disappointing reviews, OHMSS takes the franchise into new territory and is essential viewing for any true Bond fan.** On Her Majesty’s Secret Service doesn’t tend to get the same love as many of the older Bond films, and that’s a shame because it boasts some s…

  • OHMSS, the Bond that everyone forgot.... and it's really a shame. It was also made in 1969 and I hate having to press the spoilers button... so the review is going to be hard and... really? It came out in 69, everyone had a chance to see it already... but whatever. Lazenby, had h…

  • This was the worst Bond movie of the early era. It has nothing to do with Lazenby being Bond. It's just that it was written to be just a depressing piece of trash for the Hollywood formula of the late sixties than went into the eighties. There is little scenery, little action, li…

    drystyx · 2/10
  • George Lazenby took on the mantle from Sean Connery for this "007" outing and I think he did quite a decent job with this, more convoluted story. He takes on the guise of an heraldry expert sent to Switzerland to investigate and validate the claims of lineage of Telly Savalas, pu…

    CinemaSerf · 7/10
  • Not my type of Bond film, quite boring and way too long.

    tmdb93836550 · 6/10
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