Auric Goldfinger is initially led to believe Goldfinger is going to steal the gold, the real plot is revealed to be to render the gold contained in the Depository radioactive and useless, crippling the gold standard-based economy and thereby dramatically driving up the price of the gold Goldfinger already owns. A scene in the film even uses a confrontation between Goldfinger and Bond to point out logistical flaws in the plan as set out in the original novel. In the film, Goldfinger is a successful businessman, owning many properties throughout the world including "Auric Enterprises, AG" in Switzerland, and a stud-farm in
James Bond in film Bond production in February 1964 with the filming of "Goldfinger". He had worked on every production since "The Spy Who Loved Me", and had been executive producer on "Moonraker", "For Your Eyes Only" and "Octopussy". The day before the UK premiere of the non-Eon rival Bond film, "Never Say Never Again", Eon announced that Roger Moore would return as Bond for the seventh time. John Glen also returned as director, while Peter Lamont and John Barry also signed up as they had for "Octopussy". Michael G. Wilson co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Maibaum. On 27 June 1984 the 007 Stage