Tracy being killed was straight from the novel, and she had to be killed for the film to be top notch. I personally consider OHMSS as the best of the entire franchise. Lazenby was much preferable to Pirs Bonbons and Ice Queen Craig. Other than for Timothy Dalton, who was also excellent in his two outings, I think he was the only one who could believably (emotionally) deal with her murder. It would’ve been bizarre seeing Connery in such a scene, but it’s also a surprise he decided not to be in the best-written Bond film (but he was burned out by then after his bad experience filming YOLT in Japan).
And the musical score in OHMSS was excellent. One of the best in all of the Bond movies.
I’ll need to go dig that Lazenby flick out. I can’t say that I ever remember seeing it.
Yeah, I know, late to the party (by a few decades), but....
Thanks fieldmarshaldj. I picked that up on BluRay out of a bargain pile (probably at Sam's) and have never opened it. One of these days...