Fails the Bechdel test
Goldfinger
1965. Directed by Guy Hamilton, written by Richard Maibaum and Paul Dehn and Ian Fleming.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
15 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
British secret agent James Bond is tasked by the Bank of England and Mi6 to investigate gold magnate Auric Goldfinger, who they suspect is building up a vast inventory of gold bars. At first, nothing seems all too special about the gold obsessed tycoon, but after Bond gains knowledge of a secret scheme involving Goldfinger which is about to be initiated; codename "Operation Grand Slam", he realizes that the fate of the entire western economy may be at stake if the bullion dealer is not stopped.
- Released
- 09 Jan 1965
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Rated
- Approved
- IMDb
- 7.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 87 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 6 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Bond 249 lines, man
- Goldfinger 133 lines, man
- Felix 45 lines, man
- Pussy 42 lines, woman
- Tilly 22 lines, woman
- Jill 19 lines, woman
- Smithers 16 lines, man
- Solo 12 lines, man
- Strap 11 lines, man
- Denise 9 lines, woman
Full cast, 49 people
- Sean Connery as James Bond
- Gert Fröbe as Auric Goldfinger
- Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore
- Harold Sakata as Oddjob
- Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson
- Tania Mallet as Tilly Masterson
- Bernard Lee as M
- Martin Benson as Martin Solo
- Cec Linder as Felix Leiter
- Austin Willis as Simmons
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
- Bill Nagy as Midnight
- Michael Mellinger as Kisch
- Peter Cranwell as Johnny
- Nadja Regin as Bonita
- Richard Vernon as Smithers
- Burt Kwouk as Mr. Ling
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q
- Mai Ling as Mei-Lei
- Varley Thomas as Swiss Gatekeeper
- Margaret Nolan as Dink
- John McLaren as Brigadier
- Robert MacLeod as Atomic Specialist
- Victor Brooks as Blacking
- Alf Joint as Capungo
- Gerry Duggan as Hawker
- Roland Brand as Gangster (uncredited)
- Bill Brandon as Gangster (uncredited)
- Norman Chancer as Gangster (uncredited)
- Marian Collins as Flying Circus - Champegne Pilot (uncredited)
- Bill Edwards as Gangster (uncredited)
- Hal Galili as Mr. Strap (uncredited)
- Caron Gardner as Flying Circus - Champegne Pilot
- Laurence Herder as Gangster (uncredited)
- William Hurndell as Gangster (uncredited)
- Lesley Langley as Flying Circus - Champegne Pilot (uncredited)
- John Maxim as Gangster (uncredited)
- John McCarthy as Gangster (uncredited)
- Aleta Morrison as Flying Circus - Champegne Leader (uncredited)
- Tricia Muller as Sydney (uncredited)
- Lenny Rabin as Gangster (uncredited)
- Maggie Wright as Flying Circus - Champegne Pilot (uncredited)
- Raymond Young as Sierra (uncredited)
- Jane Murdoch as Flying Circus Pilot (uncredited)
- Bob Simmons as James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)
- Michael Collins as Auric Goldfinger (voice) (uncredited)
- Paul Carpenter as Brigadier at Airport (uncredited)
- Vincent Wong as Goldfinger's Henchman (uncredited)
- Nikki Van der Zyl as Jill Masterson (voice) / Bonita (voice) (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 101
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 to 12 | 4 | 39 |
| 13 to 15 | 20 | 46 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 to 21 | 5 | 38 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 18 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 51 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 28 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 10 | 11 |
| 43 to 45 | 6 | 4 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 8 |
| 49 to 51 | 6 | 11 |
| 52 to 54 | 10 | 39 |
| 55 to 57 | 4 | 4 |
| 58 to 60 | 5 | 4 |
| 61 to 63 | 11 | 14 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 5 |
| 67 to 69 | 2 | 93 |
| 70 to 72 | 9 | 43 |
| 73 to 75 | 15 | 7 |
| 76 to 78 | 1 | 2 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 13 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 22 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 7 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 to 96 | 2 | 2 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 to 101 | 0 | 3 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 17 are women's.
112 lines from women, 538 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
15 women and 32 men in the cast. 8 women and 24 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 9 of 668.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 139 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 13% of the words (703), men 87% (4,568). Women have 17% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
2
Two men
43
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 10% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Guy Hamilton (man)
- Written by
- Richard Maibaum (man), Paul Dehn (man)
- Story by
- Berkely Mather (man)
- From the novel by
- Ian Fleming (man)
- Produced by
- Albert R. Broccoli (man), Harry Saltzman (man)
- Shot by
- Ted Moore (man)
- Edited by
- Peter R. Hunt (man)
- Music by
- John Barry (man)
- Production design by
- Ken Adam (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Art
0 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Production
0 women, 4 men
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Writing
0 women, 4 men
-
Directing
1 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 30 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Tania Mallet 23, Shirley Eaton 27, Honor Blackman 39
Men
Sean Connery 34, Cec Linder 43, Harold Sakata 44, Martin Benson 46, Austin Willis 46, Gert Fröbe 51, Bernard Lee 56
Exhibit G: the money
It made 41.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $3 million
- Box office
- $125 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 101 scenes and 668 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
