The Man with the Golden Gun (film) The Man with the Golden Gun (film) The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 British spy film, the ninth in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel of the 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". The action culminates in a duel between them that settles the fate of the
The Man with the Golden Arm (novel) at the time, and it did receive some critical reviews. In a 1956 article for "The New Yorker" entitled "The Man with the Golden Beef," Norman Podhoretz was critical of what he saw as the glorification of the underclass at the expense of respectable society. This sentiment was shared by Leslie Fiedler in an article on Algren's writings for "The Reporter" entitled "The Noble Savages of Skid Row." Like Algren's previous novel, "Never Come Morning", "The Man with the Golden Arm" drew fire from leaders of Chicago's Polish community, who criticized the portrayal of their community in the story. Royko