Goldfinger (novel) Sarin, which had been discovered by the Nazis. Goldfinger has an obsession with gold to the extent that academic Elizabeth Ladenson says that he is "a walking tautology". Ladenson lists both his family name and his first name as being related to gold ("Auric" is an adjective pertaining to gold); his clothes, hair, car and cat are all gold coloured, or a variant thereof; his Korean servants are referred to by Bond as being "yellow", or yellow-faced"; and he paints his women (normally prostitutes) gold before sex. Elizabeth Ladenson thought the character of Pussy Galore to be "perhaps the most
Goldfinger (film) that saw him denied a percentage of the film's profits. Broccoli and Saltzman turned instead to Guy Hamilton to direct. Hamilton, who had turned down directing "Dr. No", felt that he needed to make Bond less of a "superman" by making the villains seem more powerful. Hamilton knew Fleming, as both were involved during intelligence matters in the Royal Navy during World War II. "Goldfinger" saw the return of two crew members who were not involved with "From Russia with Love": stunt coordinator Bob Simmons and production designer Ken Adam. Both played crucial roles in the development of "Goldfinger", with