During the filming of the film, photographer Ted Moore quit filming midway due to poor health and disagreements with the crew. The crew had to use Osvo Morris to replace him.
The film was originally the sixth 007 film planned by the producer, and the shooting location was chosen in Kingdom of Cambodia; Cambodia , but the outbreak of the Vietnam War made shooting almost impossible, and "007 Queen's Secret Envoy" replaced it.
The Golden Gunman in the film uses a 23-carat 4.2mm gold bullet, while in Ian Lancaster Fleming 's novel, the Golden Gunman uses a gold-plated Samuel Colt 45 revolver and a silver-shelled gold solid bullet.
In order to solve the financial problem of filming, the producer Harry Salzman did not hesitate to sell half of his privileges in the 007 film to United American.
Harry Salzman hopes to shoot scenes of elephants running wild in the movie. Elephant trainers say that elephants need to wear special shoes when working on hard ground. A few months later, the elephant's shoes were all completed, and Salzman ordered a total of 2,600 pairs. In the end, this scene did not appear in the film, and the shoemaker’s remuneration was owed until 1990.
The villain Skamanga is actually located in Phang Nga Bay, Phuket , Thailand . After the film was released, the place became a tourist attraction, and the local tour guide even dubbed it "007 Island".
Britt-Marie Eklund first participated in the audition for the lover of the Golden Gun. After the director Guy Hamilton saw her in a bikini, she asked her to play Mary.
This film is the last 007 film with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1.
The vehicles that appear in the film include: two AMC Coupé, Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, a Cairo taxi, an MGB, Mercedes-Benz 240D, Republic RC-3 SeaBee aircraft, Chinese sampan and Hong Kong patrol boat, etc.
In the film, the spiral speed car is a specially modified 1974 AMC Hornet X. The modified parts include a special suspension, a six-cylinder engine to reduce the weight of the car, a central steering wheel and a special fuel system to prevent stalling when it is turned over.
Jack Palance is the first person to play the Golden Gun Man.
The last name of the Golden Gun man in the film "Scaramanga" is derived from a man Ian Lancaster Fleming met on the small island of Greece. Fleming asked for his consent and told him that the character would become an opponent of 007, and the other party gladly accepted it.
This film is the smallest investment among all 007 movies, and it almost ended the 007 movie.
The golden pistol used by the Golden Gunman is assembled from many small parts. A 15×1.5 cm gold pen serves as the barrel, an 8×4 cm lighter serves as a barrel and a hammer, a 10×6 cm cigarette case is a handle and a magazine, and the cuff links of the shirt can be changed into Trigger
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