On Her Majesty's Secret Service [1969]
Allies
Marc-Ange Draco – Gabriele Ferzetti
As head of the Union Corse, Draco is well known in the crime world and Bond meets him when he is escorted by Draco’s men to his office. It is also revealed that he is the father of Tracy. Draco tells Bond of her past and how Bond is the right kind of man for her, to make her love him.
He gets little respect from Tracy, but it is evident that she loves him. He helps Bond take on Blofeld at Piz Gloria during the finale when M says the idea is too risky. He also wishes Bond and Tracy well on their wedding day at the end of the film.
Memorable lines:
“Spare the rod and spoil the child!”
Sir Hillary Bray – George Baker
Sir Hillary Bray is the leading name at the London College of Arms. He reluctantly allows James Bond to take his identification so that he can have a successful cover while traveling to Piz Gloria to study the family history of the claim Blofeld has made.
He also mentions the family motto “the world is not enough,” while showing the crest to Bond.
Campbell – Bernard Horsfall
Campbell is the agent who is already near Piz Gloria when James Bond arrives. He shadows Bond along his way to the high fortress, and later in the film, tries to get up there as well, and claming it is a public country club to an angered Grunther.
When he tries to climb up instead, he is spotted by SPECTRE guards and then later escorted away. When Bond sees him, he is hanging outside, dead.
Memorable lines:
“But surely there’s a restaurant up there. I’ve seen them advertise.”
Villians
Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Number 1) – Telly Savalas
Ernst Stavro Blofeld has now taken off his earlobes and is pretending to be a Count who can cure allergies. He welcomes Bond, under the guise of Sir Hillary Bray to his technical institute, Piz Gloria. There, Blofeld has been systematically brain-washing his female patients into following his orders when he launches the Virus Omega attack.
Very suave and calm, Blofeld seems to outdo Bond in every way he can, and show that he is in complete control at all times. Blofeld chases after Bond along with his men on skis, and then later on in the film triggers an avalanche that knocks Bond and Tracy off their feet.
Bond and Blofeld then battle in bobsleds at the finale of the film, with Bond thinking he’s one when Blofeld’s neck gets caught in a tree branch. Blofeld and Irma Bunt get the final say when the fire the bullet that changes everything for Bond on the day of his wedding.
Memorable lines:
“You’ll be very helpful in convincing them that I mean what I say…and I’ll do what I claim.”
Irma Bunt – Ilse Steppat
Irma Bunt is the henchwoman to Blofeld. She introduces James Bond, while he is under the guise of Sir Hillary Bray to the female patients and is the one that brings him to Piz Gloria in the first place. She’s cold-hearted and ruthless. She, along with the other men, chase after Bond when he escapes Piz Gloria.
She spends a good deal of time keeping the Angels of Death together and then in turn, keeping an eye on Bond’s activities. It is she that fires on Tracy at the end of the film.
Memorable lines:
“We must stop him!”
Grunther – Yuri Borienko
Grunther is another henchman of Blofeld’s. He watches over Piz Gloria, keeping an eye on Bond’s, and others activities. He also denies access to Campbell. He dies during the vicious battle with Tracy.
Girls
Ruby Bartlett – Angela Scoular
Ruby Bartlett is one of the Angels of Death that takes a great interest in ‘Sir Hillary Bray’. She sits next to him at dinner and writes her room number on his inner thigh with lipstick, provoking surprise from Bond.
Later on, as she is still oblivious to whom he really is, she laughs about how he pretends not to like girls. She has an allergy to chickens and believes she is being cured, when Blofeld is really just hypnotizing her, like the other girls.
Memorable lines:
“Hilly.”
Nancy – Catherine von Schell
Nancy surprises Bond when it’s revealed she has broken into his room at Piz Gloria. Bond gives her the same treatment as he gave Ruby, and she makes another “appointment” with him the next day.
Teresa ‘Tracy’ Di Vincenzo – Diana Rigg
Perhaps the most famous James Bond woman of all time, Tracy is the only one to have one the love of Bond, and married him.
The daughter of Marc-Ange Draco, she tries to commit suicide early on in the film, as Bond saves her. He later comes to her rescue when she goes in debt at the card tables. They fall in love soon after, and then Bond goes on the Blofeld mission.
She comes to his rescue, skating right in front of him as he is pursued by SPECTRE agents. They spend the night in a barn and they celebrate their wedding. While stopping on the side of the road, she is gunned down and killed by Blofeld and Irma Bunt. Bond is devastated when he sees what has happened, whispering that they had all the time in the world.
Memorable lines:
“Why do you persist in rescuing me, Mr. Bond?”
“If you want to stay alive, you play it safe.”
Gadgets
Walther PPK – (Dr. No – Tomorrow Never Dies)
The Walther PPK is first issued to James Bond in Dr. No by Major Boothroyd, when his Beretta is taken away. It delivers shots like a brick through a plate-glass window and has excellent stopping power. It has saved the life of James Bond on many of his missions and has been used to stop several of his main adversaries.
Bond has lost the PPK on numerous missions, always getting a new replacement from Q Branch. Professor Dent is the first unlucky victim of the powerful handgun in the famous scene in Dr. No.
The Walther PPK is 7.65mm and carries six rounds.
Safe Cracker –
The bulky safe cracker is delivered to Bond as he breaks into Gebruder Gumbold’s office via crane by his ally, Campbell. Bond attaches the device to the dial, to which the large machine would then cycle through the combinations. It took considerable time for the combination of the safe to finally be decoded, but Bond finally photocopies the document he needs, tosses the safe cracker back in the awaiting crane and makes a quick getaway.
Camera –
Bond uses this small camera near the end of the film when he breaks into Piz Gloria with the help of Draco and his men. Reaching Blofeld’s room down below, Bond takes pictures of the important Virus Omega and Angels of Death locations.
Quotes
James Bond: This never happened to the other fella.
Tracy: Why do you persist in rescuing me, Mr. Bond?
James Bond: It's becoming quite a habit, isn't it, Contessa Teresa?
Tracy: Teresa was a Saint, people call me Tracy.
Tracy: If you want to stay alive, you play it safe.
James Bond: There's something formal about the point of a pistol.
Tracy: You're hurting me.
James Bond: I thought that was the idea for tonight.
Draco: But today is the thirteenth, Commander Bond.
James Bond: I'm superstitious.
Draco: She likes you, I can see it.
James Bond: You must give me the name of your oculist.
James Bond: We have all the time in the world.
Blofeld: I mean what I say…and I’ll do what I claim.
Last Updated - 02/13/2005