On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Movie, 1969, George Lazenby, Set in 1969
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is #7 of 27 in release order and #6 of 27 in chronological order in the James Bond.
The story
With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps, where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service recap
George Lazenby takes over as Bond. Bond saves Tracy di Vicenzo, a reckless countess, from suicide, and her father Marc-Ange Draco, head of a crime syndicate, offers Bond help finding Blofeld if he will marry her. Bond falls for Tracy for real. Blofeld is claiming a title as the Count de Bleuchamp, and Bond goes undercover as a genealogist at his allergy clinic on Piz Gloria in the Swiss Alps. There, Blofeld is brainwashing young women patients to spread a biological agent that will destroy the world's crops and livestock unless he is pardoned. Bond is exposed and escapes on skis, and Tracy rescues him. An avalanche buries them and Tracy is captured.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service ending explained
Bond and Draco's men raid Piz Gloria by helicopter, rescue Tracy and destroy the base, and Bond chases Blofeld down a bobsled run, leaving him caught in a tree. Bond and Tracy marry. As they drive away, Blofeld and his henchwoman Irma Bunt pass by and shoot at the car, killing Tracy. Bond cradles her and says they have all the time in the world. Later films return to her death.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is streaming on Prime Video in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 81%
Where it fits
- Release order: after You Only Live Twice, before Diamonds Are Forever.
- Chronological order: after You Only Live Twice, before Diamonds Are Forever.
What to watch before On Her Majesty's Secret Service
In release order, the essentials before On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) are Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), and You Only Live Twice (1967).
Cast
- George Lazenby as James Bond
- Diana Rigg as Tracy Di Vicenzo
- Telly Savalas as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- Gabriele Ferzetti as Marc Ange Draco
- Ilse Steppat as Irma Bunt
- Bernard Lee as M
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
- George Baker as Sir Hilary Bray
- Bernard Horsfall as Campbell
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q
- Yuri Borienko as Grunther
- Virginia North as Olympe
Directed by Peter R. Hunt.