Gert Frobe’s Midas-minded villain Auric Goldfinger is perfectly devious in matters small (cheating at gin rummy and golf) and large (trying to knock off Fort Knox for its stash of bullion), and his hulking, bowler-hatted bodyguard, Oddjob (Harold Sakata), is the quintessential Bond villain henchman. From the opening moment when Sean Connery’s Bond, on a deadly mission, emerges from the water in a frogman suit and unzips it to reveal a crisp white dinner jacket, we knew this is going to be a hell of a ride. Pun very much intended, this is the gold standard of all 007 films. I guess this is a little like choosing Exile on Main Street as the best Stones album.
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