Guy Hamilton Archives

An Inspector Calls (1954)

Rating: ★★½

Jun 9, 2003Mysterious Police Inspector/Morality Play

Film version of a classic play about an inspector who calls to expose the sins of a wealthy family and their involvement in the death of a girl. Comes with a fantastical twist in the tale.

Director: Guy Hamilton

Actors: Alistair Sim, Arthur Young, Brian Worth, Bryan Forbes

Category: Fantasy

9 June 200310 November 2021 by Roog

Goldfinger (1964)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 17, 2001James Bond Film

The third of the James Bond films and the point where everything that has been defined as the formula of the series - the gadgets, the villains, the henchmen, the cars, the world domination plots - falls into place perfectly

Director: Guy Hamilton

Actors: Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 March 200128 February 2026 by Roog

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Rating: ★

Jan 1, 2002James Bond Film

The seventh James Bond film where Sean Connery was inveigled back to the role with a heft salary increase. However, the result is the worst of all the Connery Bonds with an incoherent plot and uneven action scenes

Director: Guy Hamilton

Actors: Sean Connery, Charles Gray, Jill St John, Bruce Glover, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 January 200210 October 2025 by Roog

Live and Let Die (1973)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 30, 2001James Bond vs Voodoo

The eighth James Bond film and Roger Moore's debut in the role. This is one of the most variant Bond films also incorporating Blaxploitation and voodoo elements

Director: Guy Hamilton

Actors: Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto, Geoffrey Holder, …

Category: Fantasy

30 July 200130 December 2024 by Roog

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Rating: ★

Jun 28, 2002James Bond Film

Ninth and probably the weakest of the James Bond films. Ian Fleming created a great nemesis for Bond in the assassin Scaramanga and the film casts it with Christopher Lee - only to fail to write the role in interesting enough ways for Lee to fill it

Director: Guy Hamilton

Actors: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, …

Category: Science Fiction

28 June 20025 January 2025 by Roog

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 10, 2003Martial Arts Super-Spy

Film adaptation of the popular Destroyer novels about a martial arts super-spy that proves enjoyably tongue-in-cheek. Clearly launched as an attempt to make another James Bond type series, this was not successful but is so appealing you wish had it been

Director: Guy Hamilton

Actors: Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew, J.A. Preston, …

Category: Fantasy

10 November 200326 February 2025 by Roog