Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Name: Diamonds Are Forever
Director: Guy Hamilton
Released: 1971

Directed by Guy Hamilton

Posing as a diamond smuggler, James Bond follows the stones from Amsterdam to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and finally to an oil rig off the coast of Baja California.

Travel shown
On foot, bike, skis or swimming
Not shown on screen
Fictional place

1Briefing
London, England
≈ 00:08:00
Stated on screen
M and a diamond expert brief Bond on a smuggling pipeline out of South Africa.
2Amsterdam, Netherlands
≈ 00:16:00
Stated on screen
Posing as Peter Franks, Bond meets Tiffany Case and kills the real Franks in a lift.
3Airport
Los Angeles, California
≈ 00:31:00
Stated on screen
Bond lands at Los Angeles with the diamonds hidden in Franks's body.
4Slumber Inc. funeral home
Las Vegas, Nevada
≈ 00:35:00
Inferred
5Whyte House hotel-casino
≈ 00:43:00
InferredFictional
Bond plays the tables at the Whyte House and Circus Circus while tracking the diamonds with Tiffany.
6Nevada Desert
≈ 01:05:00
Inferred
7Downtown car chase
Las Vegas, Nevada
≈ 01:13:00
Stated on screen
8Penthouse
Whyte House hotel-casino
≈ 01:20:00
InferredFictional
9Blofeld's oil rig
≈ 01:45:00
Stated on screenFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled: 11,489 km
Places: 7
Countries: 4
Stops: 9

Plane: 8,940 km
Not shown: 1,545 km
Car: 642 km
Boat: 358 km
On foot: 4.3 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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