Tiffany Case
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Tiffany Case is a fictional character and Bond girl in the James Bond novel and film Diamonds Are Forever. For the 1971 film she was portrayed by Jill St. John.
The novel
In Ian Fleming's original novel, she is an American diamond smuggler working as a fence for "The Spangled Mob," a ruthless American gang who are smuggling diamonds from Africa through an international pipeline. Bond approaches her disguised as American criminal Peter Franks, and the two ultimately become lovers. Tiffany turns against her former partners, and helps Bond escape from their clutches. In the novel, she is later kidnapped by Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd on the Queen Elizabeth, but she is rescued by Bond. After this adventure, the two briefly live together, but, like many of Bond's women, she is out of his life by the next novel.The movie
The 1971 film adaptation of Diamonds are Forever substantially revised the plot and, with it, Tiffany's character. While she is still a diamond smuggler, she is now unwittingly working for Bond's archnemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, and his terrorist organization, S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Bond arranges a partnership with her in disguise, but this time it is to investigate her role in Blofeld's latest criminal scheme. She initially believes that she and "Franks" are going to make millions, but gets caught up in much more than she bargained for when the real Peter Franks arrives on her doorstep. Tiffany helps Bond follow the path of the smuggled diamonds until the trail leads to Blofeld.By the end of the film, Tiffany has helped Bond defeat Blofeld, and the two go on a romantic cruise together. They are briefly interrupted by an assassination attempt by Blofeld's henchmen, Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd, but Bond foils it, and the two sail off into the sunset.
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