On Her Majesty's Secret Service

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

PG

Released Dec 18, 1969

2h 20m

Action

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Agent 007 (George Lazenby) and the adventurous Tracy Di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) join forces to battle the evil SPECTRE organization in the treacherous Swiss Alps. But the group's powerful leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas), is launching his most calamitous scheme yet: a germ warfare plot that could kill millions!

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Critics Consensus

George Lazenby's only appearance as 007 is a fine entry in the series, featuring one of the most intriguing Bond girls in Tracy di Vincenzo (Diana Rigg), breathtaking visuals, and some great ski chases.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Film of break-neck physical excitement and stunning visual attractions in which George Lazenby replaced Sean Connery as James Bond.

Oct 13, 2008

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Don Druker

Chicago Reader

Director Peter Hunt manages to inject some life into this 1969 exercise with a wonderful ski chase, but otherwise the film is a bore.

Oct 13, 2008

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Empire Magazine

Certainly no worse than the later Roger Moore efforts and, if only for curiosity value, is well worth a look.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 13, 2008

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Sarah Cortinaz

InSession Film

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service aims to change Bond’s usual tough guy persona by giving our hero a heart...

Apr 23, 2024

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

[George] Lazenby strikes a nice balance between self-aware humor and superspy action. It is still one of the best Bond films of all time.

Jun 11, 2023

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Carson Timar

ButteredPopcorn

On Her Majesty's Secret Service remains a fine bond film. Where the story is not super engaging and the film overall does feel long, George Lazenby is fun enough as Bond and the story is just clean enough to where you can get a bit invested in it.

Rated: C+

Aug 28, 2022

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Gerald H

Hands down the best Bond-movie of all time. The only memorable one.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

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Will G

One of the best bonds and was a shame he didn't continue. Fabulous if you consider it was his first acting role!. Diana Rigg was the best most beautiful bond girl, wife actually. It had it all.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

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nick s

Good effort went into sets and the action sequences. Barring the painfully obvious greenscreen. However some fight scenes looked like they were cobbled together from different takes and they didn't really flow. Savalas was good as always and Diana Rigg was hypnotic. Unfortunately Lazenby was not so convincing. I'm guessing it was his first major film role and he looked suitably uncomfortable. The storytelling seemed a little disjointed. There was a focus on Bonds relationship for quite some length, then it abruptly stopped. Later it picked up again out of the blue. Though I did appreciate the little twist at the end. Didn't love it, but appreciated it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/01/24

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Charles M

Didn't care for it. George's performance of Bond is weak and the directing was truly pathetic. Even the sound people couldn't get it right.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Rylan W

This is probably the absolute WORST Bond movie ever! The acting is really bad and the plot is mediocre at best. George didn’t do a good portrayal of Bond. I strongly DO NOT RECOMMEND!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/10/24

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Ben S

Lazenby is seriously underrated, and gives what is one of the most realistic human performances. Rigg is one of the best if not best Bond girls. And the scenery and cinematography are up there with the best Bond movies. I have this in my top 5 Best Bond movies right under Connery's Bond movies. I think if Lazenby had stuck around rather than refusing a Bond contract for 5+ more movies he would have been seen as better than Craig and Dalton, whose brooding Bonds were charmless and humorless. Lazenby struck a nice balance of Connery and Moore.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/25/24

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Synopsis

Agent 007 (George Lazenby) and the adventurous Tracy Di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) join forces to battle the evil SPECTRE organization in the treacherous Swiss Alps. But the group's powerful leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas), is launching his most calamitous scheme yet: a germ warfare plot that could kill millions!

Director: Peter Hunt
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman
Screenwriter: Richard Maibaum, Ian Fleming, Simon Raven
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Danjaq Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Action
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 1969, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2016
Runtime: 2h 20m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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