The James Bond series of films caters to one of the largest audience in the world. If you too belong to this particular category then you cannot miss out on On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Released in 1969, the film is the sixth spy film of the James Bond series. George Lazenby plays the character of fictional British secret agent, James Bond. In the film, Bond meets, Blofeld who plans to unleash a terror of plague by entrusting the terror job to a brainwashed group known by the name, "angels of death". Along the way, Bond meets and falls in love and finally marries Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the only film which was directed by Peter R. Hunt who had been a film editor previously. The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman.
The main plot of On Her Majesty's Secret Service revolves around Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who plans to blackmail the western world by putting forward bacteriological sabotage threat regarding world food supply. He demanded for his claim to the recognition of Count de Bleuchamp title besides exemption from his past crimes.
The total budget invested for the making of the film was $9 million and the worldwide box office managed to grab about $64.6 million. Initially the film was scheduled to follow after Gold finger. Later on it was set aside to release after Thunder ball but ultimately ended up following You Only Live Twice.
While script work was going on, the producers decided to make the nearest adaptation of the book. Everything in the book gets featured in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
The shooting of On Her Majesty's Secret Service started in Canton Bern, Switzerland, in October 1968. Many locations were used including the capital city Berne. The revolving restaurant "Piz Gloria" was also featured in the film. The other filming locations included London with the historic Pinewood Studios. The Christmas solutions shown in the film was filmed in Grindelwald, Switzerland. The film's soundtrack was composed and arranged by John Barry. The theme, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", was used in the film as an alternative theme to Monty Norman's "James Bond Theme".
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