"Goldfinger" Is 60 Today

Above, a 1964 French poster.

Today marks 60 years since (arguably) the best James Bond movie, Goldfinger, was released. Goldfinger had its world premiere in London's Leicester Square on 17th September 1964, according to an email I received from the 007 Store. It opened in the U.S. on December 22, 1964.

I saw the movie with my parents and two friends in downtown Torrance, California. I think the theater's name was the Stadium Theater. I was already familiar with James Bond after having seen a double-feature of Dr. No and From Russia With Love the year before.

The movie starred Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Frobe and Harold Sakata. 

This marked a beginning of "Bond Mania", at least among our group. One bought the Goldfinger soundtrack album, which we played to death.