20 Things You Didn't Know About The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)

9. An End To Business Suits

The Man With The Golden Gun Ending
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It is standard in the opening moments of the James Bond films for a gun barrel to track over the darkened screen before expanding to show Double-0 Seven walking onscreen in a tuxedo, turning, and shooting an unseen assassin in mid-stride.

However, Bond did not always wear a tuxedo in this sequence; up to and including The Man with the Golden Gun, he actually wore a business suit.

The tuxedo was likely used going forward as it was considered more of a classic, timeless look for the British spy, not least as fashions were changing so quickly at the time.

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