James Bond mystery: ‘Golden gun’ goes missing
The $162,000 gun used in the James Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun has been stolen from a studio in Britain.
Staff at Elstree Studios, located in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire north of London, noticed it was missing on Friday, according to BBC News.
The prop was used in the 1974 film starring Roger Moore and Christopher Lee as Bond’s nemesis Scaramanga, who kills people using a gun that also functions as a cigarette case, a lighter and a pen.
It’s not known how long the prop, valued at $162,000, has been missing.
Hertfordshire police would only say that “inquires are ongoing.”
In the film, Bond receives a golden bullet inscribed with 007 while on a mission.
He decides to track down Francisco Scaramanga, an assassin known as “the man with the golden gun.”
The latest high jinx comes as the newest Bond film, Quantum of Solace starring Daniel Craig, is due to be released at the end of October.
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