Video: 'The Man with the Golden Gun' trailer

(Saturday, December 14, 1974) — The Man with the Golden Gun, the ninth spy film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, was released today in Japan (five days ahead of the formal premiere in London).

A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming’s novel of same name, the film has Bond sent after the Solex Agitator, a device that can harness the power of the sun, while facing the assassin Francisco Scaramanga, the “Man with the Golden Gun.”

Directed by Guy Hamilton, the film also starred Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland.