Producers: Albert Broccoli, Harry Saltzman
Director: Guy Hamilton
Scriptwriters: Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz
Score: John Barry
Title Song: Lulu
Locations: Hong Kong, Macao, Thailand, Pinewood Studios
Running Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes

The players:
James Bond - Roger Moore
Goodnight - Britt Ekland
J.W. Pepper - Clifton James
Scaramanga - Christopher Lee
M - Bernard Lee
Q - Desmond Llewelyn

      The Man With the Golden Gun was produced by Eon Productions in 1974. TMWTGG is Fleming's eighth and final novel, which was actually published after his death. This movie almost came after You Only Live Twice, and producers wanted Roger Moore to be the new Bond. However, Moore was working on the television show The Saint at the time, so it appeared as though he would never star in TMWTGG. However, since the producers decided to make OHMSS the next movie, Roger would get his chance to star in this movie, just a little later than originally planned.
      When a golden bullet arrives at MI6 with 007's number on it, M takes Bond off his assignment to find the Solex Agitator, which is the most efficient device at turning solar energy into power. While Bond is off duty, he hunts down Scaramanga, starting with a visit to the site of where Bill Fairbanks, 002, was killed by Scaramanga. He retrieves the bullet that killed him, and Q is able to trace it back to a specialized ammunitions maker. Bond discovers Scaramanga's whereabouts, and is also surpised to find the Solex Agitator in his possession. Bond faces off with Scaramanga in his funhouse of horrors, finally killing the expert assassin.
A NOTE ABOUT THE THEME SONG: The title song was written by Don Black, and is sung by Scottish pop singer Lulu. It is less popular that both Live and Let Die, and The Spy Who Loved Me, which it came in between.
MY GRADE: A   This movie is Moore's second best, in my opinion, with only The Spy Who Loved Me being better. Scaramanga is one of my favorite Bond villains of all time, if not the favorite. He is a villain who is truly on Bond's level. He is the best at what he does, just like Bond. The idea of the funhouse fight scene was very interesting, and Nick Nack adds a nice touch to the movie.
BEST MOMENT: The duel between Bond and Scaramanga is one of the best showdowns in all of Bond. It truly is a clash of the titans. (With Bond victorious, of course.)
ALSO NOTABLE: I liked J.W. Pepper returning. This isn't so much because I like his character, but rather because it shows that the producers cared about little details.
DID YOU KNOW...*There was originally supposed to be an elephant stampede, but it got cut.
*This is the last movie that Harry Saltzman was involved with.
*J.W. Pepper getting pushed into the water by the baby elephant was not scripted. It was an accident, but since it was caught on camera and looked funny, it was added to the movie.