“Ever heard of Evel Knievel?” – Bond. The corkscrew jump in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN was performed by Loren “Bumps” Willert in an AMC Hornet X Hatchback. Two dummies of Bond and Sheriff Pepper were positioned either side of Willert, who was dressed in black so he wouldn’t register on camera. He completed the stunt in one take. | James Bond 007

2.9M views · 10K reactions | On this day in 1974 filming began on the scene from THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN where Scaramanga reveals his plans to Bond. Roger Moore said: “On the first day of shooting, we had to walk into this overhang in a cave. As we’re walking in out came a thousand bats. Christopher said (imitating Dracula) “Not now Stanislaus.” | James Bond 007 | Facebook