The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 British spy movie directed by Guy Hamilton and is the ninth movie in the "James Bond" franchise. It is the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond and also stars Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villechaize, Clifton James, Richard Loo, Soon-Tek Oh, Marc Lawrence, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Marne Maitland, Desmond Llewelyn. The movie is based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming and was distributed by United Artists.