I like how this is the most serious and emotional (pre-Craig) Bond movie and also the one that comes the closest to being Austin Powers
Directed by Peter R. Hunt
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
A moving, acclaimed adventure.
Adventure
Action
Thriller
1969
2h 22m
With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps, where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women.
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6What people say
86"But today is the 13th, commander.""I'm superstitious."A deliberate experience in style and focus that Bond films rarely are. Lazenby's performance and that moody purple glow makes the drama complex and the action lift off its feet, and that's not even mentioning the editing - flowing from current to current, with mood dictating the pace of the action. One of the best from the series.
When I was a kid, this was considered a disaster. Now, a lot of colleagues I respect rank it as the very best Bond. The truth’s somewhere in between. OHMSS is long, the romance always underwhelms me, and Bond’s disguise as a genealogist makes Clark Kent look like Lon Cheney. It’s also got a great Blofeld, amazing music, a classic title sequence, and a director in Peter R. Hunt whose background in editing creates action that’s somehow both chaotic and clear. There’s an intensity to the movie’s fights and chases that’s on another level than even the great Bond adventures that preceded it.
Common questions
What is On Her Majesty's Secret Service about?+
James Bond tracks his adversary to an alpine retreat in the Swiss Alps to uncover a biological threat while forming a romance with a crime syndicate leader's daughter.
Who directed On Her Majesty's Secret Service?+
Peter R. Hunt directed the 1969 spy film, marking his feature directorial debut after editing earlier entries in the franchise.
Has On Her Majesty's Secret Service won any awards?+
While it did not secure major competitive festival prizes upon release, it has since achieved enduring critical reevaluation within film history.
