When gold is being smuggled out of Britain and into Europe, only one man is suspected by the British Secret Service, Auric Goldfinger. James Bond 007 is sent to investigate and follow Goldfinger and his chilling henchman Oddjob.

Goldfinger promptly orders Oddjob to execute Jill Masterson, who helped Bond, and then her sister Tilly, who came after Goldfinger in revenge. With the legendary Aston Martin DB5, Bond sets out to stop Goldfinger evil plan to rob Fort Knox, the world's biggest gold deposit.

Goldfinger features Pussy Galore and her flying circus. Goldfinger and Pussy Galore aim to spray Fort Knox with a poisonous gas that will send them to sleep for 24 hours. But Bond befriends Miss. Galore and she then endeavours to help the American and British Governments.

Goldfinger's cast is letter-perfect in most every aspect. Gert Fröbe is impeccable as Goldfinger, the madman with the midas touch, whose civilty and charm conceal the festering evil-within. Equally memorable is Harold Sataka as Obbjob, the mute but bloodthirsty Korean muscle-man whose duties range from being golf caddy to insuring a Lincoln Continental car is crushed to the size of a breadbox - with its occupant inside.

The most memorable scene in the film however, belongs to Shirley Eaton, as Bond's ill-fated lover Jill Masterson. It is poor Jill who is eliminated by Goldfinger in the unforgettable sequence wherein Bond discovers her iridescent corpse lying on his bed. Abhorrently covered in gold paint, Eaton is displayed as a blood-chilling warning to anyone who would incur Goldfinger's wrath. The procedute to "coat" Miss Eaton was potentially very dangerous. During the two-hour session in which the paint was applied, her blood presure and body temperature had to be continually monitored to insure she did not suffer from skin suffocation from which her onscreen alter-ego expired.

Broccoli and Saltzman became major forces in Hollywood, and the very studios that rejected their idea to bring James Bond to the big screen a scant three years before, now scrambles to capitalize on the franchise through 007 imitations. While Goldfinger
mesmerized moviegoers, it became common knowledge that the man with the real midas touch were named Cubby and Harry.
 
 German "Filmkurier" on GOLDFINGER