Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The Connery formula in one beat: a killing followed at once by a pun, delivered with a straight face and no remorse. It set the pattern for the post-kill quip that Roger Moore later turned into a trademark and the Craig films largely dropped. Fans still reach for it whenever something electrical goes wrong, or whenever a bad pun needs the Connery shrug behind it.
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In context
Spoilers for GoldfingerShow the scene
In the pre-title sequence of Goldfinger (1964), Sean Connery's Bond has finished sabotaging a drug-manufacturing plant in Mexico and is relaxing with a woman named Bonita when an assassin attacks. Bond turns the fight into the bathtub, and as the man reaches for the Walther PPK in Bond's holster, Bond throws an electric fan into the water. He retrieves his gun and delivers the quip over the body. The film then cuts to the title song and the gold-painted opening titles.
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- Goldfinger (film) - James Bond WikiPlot summary, Mexico sectionReference checked
- Goldfinger (film) - WikiquoteJames Bond section, first entryReference checked
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