Goldfinger.

In 1964 Bond producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman want capitalize on the success of From Russia With Love and decide that the next Bond adventure needs to be bigger and better than before. So they invest three million dollars into the next movie, marketing heavily before it’s even finished filming and their gamble creates a phenomenon that launchs James Bond into the pop culture stratosphere.

In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by fellow 00 agent John Champion to talk about Goldfinger. We discuss the phenomenon of the film, it’s marketing, a new director, villains, gadgets, women and our ratings.

Chapters A Favorite Moment (00:01:55) A Monumental Film (00:03:34) Biggest Bond Yet (00:12:37) The Marketing (00:18:54) Another Key Change (00:22:55) The Man With the Midas Touch (00:34:25) The Gadgets (00:45:02) Odd Job (00:51:55) The Golf Scene (00:56:43) Shirley Eaton (00:58:54) Dink (01:01:53) A Mistake (01:03:32) Honor Blackman (01:04:21) Ratings (01:12:03)

Host Matthew Rushing

Guest John Champion

Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlene Schmidt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Davis Grayson (Associate Producer)