QWhat exotic places does Bond visit in this movie?
AIn the opening precredit scenes, Bond is shown infiltrating and destroying the house of a drug lord in Mexico. The story then moves to Miami Beach where Bond's holiday is interrupted by Felix Leiter (Cec Linder) with orders from M that he should keep his eye on Auric Goldfinger. After catching Goldfinger cheating at gin rummy, Bond returns to London where M briefs him on his next assignment...find out how Goldfinger transports his gold internationally. After catching Goldfinger cheating at golf, Bond follows him to Geneva, Switzerland. While there, he infiltrates Auric Enterprises, hears about Operation Grand Slam, and twice foils attempts to assassinate Goldfinger by Tilly Masterson (Tania Mallet), sister of Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton), whom Goldfinger murdered back in Miami Beach by having her covered in gold paint. Unfortunately, both Bond and Tilly are captured, and Tilly has her neck broken by Oddjob's (Harold Sakata) hat. Goldfinger spares Bond's life when Bond informs him that he knows all about Operation Grand Slam. Bond is flown to Baltimore, Maryland and then on to Auric Stud Farm near Bluegrass Fields, Kentucky where he discovers that Operation Grand Slam involves an attempt to irradiate the U.S. gold supply in Fort Knox, making the gold radioactive for 58 years, thereby increasing the value of Goldfinger's gold and plunging the U.S. into economic chaos.
QWho is singing the title song?
AGoldfinger is sung by Welsh singer Shirley Bassey. This was her debut in the series and to date, she is the only performer who has sung more than one Bond theme, a total of 3: she also sang the themes for Diamonds are Forever & Moonraker.
QWhat is 'Goldfinger' about?
AWhen the Bank of England learns that horsebreeder and international jeweller Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) is stockpiling huge amounts of gold and suspects that he is smuggling it out of the country for sale on the international market, M (Bernard Lee) sends 007 agent James Bond (Sean Connery) to investigate. Bond discovers that Auric is planning Operation Grand Slam, an attack on Fort Knox, which holds the U.S. gold reserve.
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