Goldeneye, also sometimes called Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming, is a 1989 British television film loosely based on the life of the author Ian Fleming, portrayed by Charles Dance, focusing on Fleming's life during the Second World War, his love life and the writing of James Bond, and directed by Don Boyd. The film is based on The Life of Ian Fleming (1966), a biography by John Pearson, who was Fleming's assistant in the 1950s and has access to his private papers. The film's screenwriter, Reg Gadney, also has a small part as James Bond, the American ornithologist who lent his name to Fleming's famous spy.
The Anglia Television's dramatised biography takes its name from Fleming's estate in Jamaica (the title was later used for the James Bond film). The film received mixed reviews, with praise for Dance's portrayal of Fleming.
Cast
Charles Dance as Ian Fleming
Phyllis Logan as Ann Fleming
Patrick Ryecart as Ivar Bryce
Marsha Fitzalan as Loelia
Ed Devereaux as Sir William Stephenson
Julian Fellowes as Noël Coward
Lynsey Baxter as Wren Lieutenant
Donald Hewlett as Admiral Godfrey
Richard Griffiths as Second Admiral
Joseph Long as Lucky Luciano
Donald Douglas as Lord Kemsley
David Quilter as Lord Rothermere
Freda Dowie as Harley Street doctor
Christoph Waltz as German spy
Lisa Daniely as Wren Captain
Reg Gadney as James Bond
Steve Plytas as Dragoumis
Kim Kindersley as Royal Navy Lieutenant
Deborah Moore as Secretary
Philip O'Brien as CBS Interviewer
Adrian Edmondson as ADC to Admiral