I *love* how the only moment Oddjob stops smiling is when Bond picks up his hat. There's just a few seconds of worry that make his character so much more interesting!

Harold Sakata was the finest henchman in any film, ever. He manages his face perfectly in keeping with the element of danger he perceived. During the filming of this scene, he actually took burns, but never altered character. Great man.

I'd say this is probably my favourite fight scene in all the Bond films tbh. I love how throughout the movie Oddjob always has a smile on his face. Bond punches him, puts him in a headlock etc, and Oddjob just smiles & shrugs it off like "is that the best you've got?" But that quickly changes the second Bond picks up Oddjob's hat. For the first time in the movie, Oddjob looks worried. He knows if Bond hits him with the hat then it's game over. That brief moment of panic & worry, where the seemingly indestructible henchman appears nervous and shows vulnerability for the 1st time makes this one of the most iconic moments in the Bond franchise in my opinion. And Harold Sakata conveyed it brilliantly. RIP to both of these legends.

Connery once said in a interview that even after 30 years, he thought he still felt the pain of the injury he sustained when Sakata inadvertently struck him too hard.

Modern movies could learn from this fight scene. No music, the silence adds a sense of tenseness and suspense. Long shots, it's not cut to death and you can keep track of what's going on. It's not over-the-top action madness but believable fighting at a believable pace. Not just guys duking it out, but mostly standoffs as each tries to gain a strategic edge. This is how professional spies and henchmen fight, while amateurs go in fists flying.

I like how he kept smiling at him,

I cant help but laugh when Bond throws a solid gold brick at Oddjob and it just thunks off him. Sean Connery nailed the reaction perfectly

Had to come here today and watch in tribute to Mr. Connery and Mr. Sakata. Best Bond action sequence ever. Must have taken a long time to stage, and film.

'You ok James? Where's your butler friend?' 'He blew a fuse'

At 2:26, Sakata literally lifts Sean Connery off the floor and over his head. And Connery isn't a small man.

Oddjob is such a loyal henchman to Goldfinger, knowing he is trapped in the vault with the bomb and that he would be willing to die for his boss...

the brick of gold to the chest and the two punches with the piece of wood always made me laugh.

I love that he takes ingot in the chest, wood bar in the face, and keeps smiling.

This is probably the most suspenseful moment in the series, as Bond has no gadgets to help him. He can't even use his strength to his advantage, as Oddjob is virtually indestructible. All he has is his wits.

His effortless smile is priceless

What I like about this fight is that Bond defeats his opponent using his wit and quick thinking, and not by using his fighting skills. Bond is here basically setting a trap after realizing he cannot defeat Oddjobb in a fistfight man to man. At some point Bond, as a character, will face an opponent better at fighting than he is; Bond does not have time to be as good a fighter as some the villain's henchmen, there are plenty of other things he need to be aware of, e.g. strategy, spying, politics, etc. Bond cannot be the best fighter there is. Instead, he has to overcome his obstacles, whatever those may be, by using both strength and cunning. This is what I do not like about the new Bond movies where Bond is basically a machine being able to basically fight and defeat anyone going against him.

Bond is so absurdly outclassed in this fight.

This was a great fight when Connery was Bond. It was probably his toughest fight because Oddjob is a really tough guy! Nothing hurt him. So while he was beating the hell out of Bond he had to think of a way to defeat him. The perfect opportunity cam when Bonds poor throw with Oddjobs hat hit the metal fence. 007 saw his chance and used the electrical wire to beat him! Brilliant stuff!

2:39 - "lol, didn't feel a thing" 2:41 - "alright - enough!"

The Goldfinger team were not allowed inside the depository, so they had to make up their own interior, which was probably just as well. A group of politicians and coin experts who were allowed inside in 1974 found that the vaults are small and drab.

Still the best movie, still the best villain, still the best henchman. And still the best song of the series.

Love how this was 1964 and still to this day the most outclassed bond has ever been in a fight

Without any doubt the best Bond fight scene of all time, featuring the best henchman, and staged in one of the best sets too.

This fight scene is so cool always my fav.RIP Mr.Connery

This is a cool fight scene, but let's face it, the fight in the train between Bond and Red Grant in "From Russia with Love" set the gold standard that every other Bond fight has to be measured against. It was between two evenly-matched professional killers going one on one in a fight both knew immediately was to the death. If there was an Oscar for fight scenes, that one would take it.

I like how it's depicted as James Bond having zero chance beating this guy going mano-a-mano. Bond has to keep picking up items to use as weapons (all perfectly worthless against Oddjob BTW) until finally hitting on electricty to stop the strongman.

This was Spielberg's favourite James Bond movie

It would have been funny if the guy who played Oddjob in this would've cameoed Randomtask in Austin Powers, but I guess that wouldn't have been possible since the actor died in 1982 and Austin Powers came out in 1997.

Oddjob must be on pcp to withstand that gold brick!

I thoroughly enjoy the strong henchmen fights in bond films and their talents, hand chopping that pole, being stabbed in the arm and still going and having the balls to say something cool before being pulled off a train

You threw a hat? Well, I'm gonna throw gold at you! *gold bar bounces off Oddjob's chest* Holy crap I'm out of here... *runs*

who throws a shoe, honestly?

1:12 I don’t know why I find it so hilarious when Oddjob is just standing up there, staring at Bond trying to figure out what he’s doing lol

Harold sakata my favourite bond henchman I love this fight scene it just shows how strong he was he was throwing Sean Connery about like he was a feather

I remember reading that since no one really knew what the inside of the depository looked like at the time, the production team had to use intense imagination. Supposedly the US Mint officials complimented them on their ingenuity for this set.

Two great things about this scene. One, it’s brilliantly directed. Second, there’s no music. A more amateurish approach might’ve used some sort of action music. Here, the ambience of the immense vault, the ticking clock of the bomb, and the grappling between Bond and OddJob are all that’s needed to create enormous tension. Makes me wonder if the filmmakers took a page out of the famous fight scene between Bond and Red Grant on the Orient Express in “From Russia with Love,” considered groundbreaking in its day. In that scene, again, no music. It’s all the sound of the train and the grappling between the two men, just like here in “Goldfinger.” Two memorable fight scenes rarely duplicated again, if ever, in the Bond catalog.

I like how Oddjob utterly craps his pants when Bond picks up his hat.

The writing and originality makes this an epic scene. Also right after this when he doesnt know how to diffuse the bomb is great as well.

R.i.p Sean Connery I'm missed you sean Connery best actor ever.

Lets take a moment of silence for Sir Sean connery 2020....RIP sir u will. Be forever missed

Never underestimate the physical strength of a world class competitive Olympic Weightlifter (Harold Sakata, Silver Medalist, 1948 London Olympics, Weightlifting Team USA).

Bond is Bond for his intellect and physical agility along with quick decision making. Hello from India 🇮🇳, Congrats.

Nice editing at 2:46. Seamless, like the fight scene was uninterrupted.

I like Odd Jobs sarcastic smiles.

007: He blew a fuse

Best of the Bond movies. Goldfinger. Thank you

R.I.P Sean Connery! 🙏

This sequence is actually impressive.

I haven't seen any of the bond movies, but this popped up in my recommended. What I like about this fight is it feels very real. The attacks seem like something you would see in a real fight. I really liked the hesitation Bond had before he attempted to hit him with the wooden beam

I love the sound that the hat makes when it's thrown

I love this fight like james fight with oddjob rest in peace harold sakata

Oddjob's demise was quite shocking!.......................... Positively shocking!!!!!!

2:15 BOND: I may be in trouble. 2:38 BOND: I am definitely in trouble.

3:50 Oddjob is saying "Come on."

1:48 Kung Lao hat :-D

This scene will forever be a classic!

Oddjob could have crushed every single bone of Bond, if he hadn't played with him that much

Oddjob is the most loyal henchmen of bond history. He was betrayed and basically sentenced to death by Goldfinger. But he didn't think one second about disarming the bomb and kept fighting for his boss' plan to succeed. 💪 I also think Oddjob didn't view himself as a villain or evil. From his point of view he did always the right things. Serving Goldfinger was his only purpose in life.

This is good. Goldfinger is so iconic

Back before they made Bond an unstoppable killing machine that knows every martial art ever made.

Man I used to love watching this when I was a kid

If Goldfinger had trusted Oddjob enough to give him a gun, this would have been a much shorter scene

there's only .... ONE... 007 .... R.I.P.

I love that dirty look that Odd Job gives Bond at 0:08!

What I love about this character is the he is a villain and a person of color but not a racist stereotype. He's just a stone cold badass. That they managed that in the 1960's is really impressive.

His little smiles tho...

007’s thoughts during this fight: “Ow, well that didn’t work. Ok, that’s not gonna work either. That did nothing. Forget that. Ok this is getting ridiculous, is this guy made of diamond?”

Best Bond villian ever

I like the way the electricity flows, as if wires are really just holding fire inside waiting to be released.

I observed that in the 2:09th minute the hat is closer to the cut wire than in the 3:38th minute,that's when Bond's going to take it to throw it at Oddjob,you can tell that someone moved the hat away from the wire, other than Bond being thrown to the ground would have touched the cable electrocuting

The two of them are reunited again

Sean was the best one. In honour of him, Bond is from Scotland in Craig’s saga.

Classic fight scene ....real excellent still after 60 years

I like the fact that this has no music at all

There are many good fight scenes in Bonc movies. This is my favorite.

Hahahahaha the advert afterwards. If you took out an investment. Well look at all that gold, and oddjob got took out by a premium bond

Oddjob’s death was arguably the most satisfying in the whole franchise. Jill and Tilly’s deaths: AVENGED!

What a classic scene.

0:57 Now that’s Loyalty.

Wow! I didn't know that odd-job is such a strong character.

Back in the days when you had well crafted action scenes. No shaky cam crap.

Bond's primary asset is his brain and not his agility and fighting skills. After all, he's a secret agent. His encyclopaedic knowledge of wines and liquor is next 🙂

R.I.P SEAN CONNERY

Considering Harold Sakata was a professional wrestler, he is right in his element here - choreographed fighting

One of the screen's best fight scenes ! I'm still waiting for the sequel, which was supposed to have featured Goldfinger's brother (who suffered from hemorrhoids). The title was "Stinkyfinger".

Ahhh, yes, the most thorough beatdown of Bond I've ever seen. Sakata was from Hawaii; I'm from Hawaii. Well done, sir.

Good job man

R.I.P. Mr. Sean Connery and Mr. Harold Sakata🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

R.i.p 007

thats what 007 movies used to have.. just a type of atmosphere in their scenes. todays 007 has turned into a generic action explosions movie

Imagine Oddjob fighting Wilson Fisk (The Kingpin)

RIP Mr Bond

I thought that elevator at the beginning was never going to end

Bond was such a dirty fighter, always with some metal pole or whatnot.. felt bad for OddJob on this one, he was trying to play it kinda straight up.

Maestro John Barry knew it was best to keep the scene basically free of music. It really serves to heighten the suspense when the audience finally hears the shimmering 4-note “Oddjob” theme just as Bond gains the upper hand by picking up his hat. Barry was all about “less is more”.

0:53 I love this shot of Oddjob.

Golfinger left his trusted henchmen to die. And OJ just went.along with the plan. I’ve seen this 100x and never realized this.

Random Task! 😂😂

2:16 *bonds thoughts* “how tf did this gold bar not phase this man”

2:14 When someone tries to insult me, but i don't give a fuck xD