A diamond necklace, lit in green, close-up on a woman’s neckline. A silhouette of a woman is on the right of the screen.
TITLE: “Music composed, conducted, and arranged by JOHN BARRY”
TITLE: “Lyrics by DON BLACK”
Lyrics: “But what good will love do me? Diamonds never lie to me”
TITLE: “Title song sung by SHIRLEY BASSEY”
Lyrics: “For when love’s gone, they luster on”
TITLE: “Associate Producer STANLEY SOPEL”
Two silhouetted women crouch in front of a large blue diamond in the background.
TITLE: “Screenplay by RICHARD MAIBAUM and TOM MANKIEWICZ”
Lyrics: “Diamonds are forever, forever, forever”
TITLE: “Associate Producer STANLEY SOPEL”
The blue diamond is replaced by a montage of a nude woman in shadow, lit in violet, with a diamond inset in her navel.
Lyrics: “Diamonds are forever, forever, forever, forever… and ever.”
TITLE: “Produced by HARRY SALTZMAN and ALBERT R. BROCCOLI”
The camera moves away from the nude woman, replaced by a blue blur.
TITLE: “Directed by GUY HAMILTON”
The blue blur resolves into a blue diamond, part of a collection of stones representing famous large-carat diamonds.
At the top of the display is the Akbar Shah, 116 carats rough.
From left to right in the middle row are “Quartz Ange, Oteck Emphl” , “Terrat Teu”, “Star of South Africa, 83.5 Carats Rough, 47.5 Carats Cut”, “Dulation” and “Mitter Tal Zener”
“Star of South Afrrica,” says M. “Eighty-three point five carats rough, Forty seven point five carats cut.” Bond and M are standing in a hallway decorated with Second Empire furnishings.
“The Akbar Shah,” continues M, “That’s a hundred sixteen carats rough.”
IN THIS MINUTE:
Sean Connery as James Bond
Bernard Lee as M
