: While it sounds glamorous, the lyrics describe a preference for materialistic stability over the risks of love—"Diamonds never lie to me / For when love's gone, they'll lustre on".
: The film is remembered for the quirky and lethal duo Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd , who brought a unique, dark humor to their assassinations.
: The "mud" in the opening mud-bath sequence was actually made of instant mashed potatoes . After 24 hours under hot studio lights, the mixture began to smell so bad it was almost unbearable for the crew. The Theme Song
: The reclusive billionaire character Willard Whyte was inspired by a dream producer Albert R. Broccoli had about his friend, the real-life Howard Hughes.
: Unlike the globe-trotting films, the book is a gritty, somewhat linear pursuit of a diamond smuggling pipeline. It starts in the mines of Sierra Leone and ends in Las Vegas.
: The antagonists are the Spangled Mob , led by the unglamorous brothers Jack and Seraffimo Spang.
" Diamonds Are Forever " is a fascinating entry in the James Bond canon, serving as both a hard-boiled 1956 novel by Ian Fleming and a campy 1971 film that marked Sean Connery's final "official" turn as 007. The Original Novel (1956)