Operation Grand Slam

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Operation Grand Slam is the fictional criminal plot in the James Bond story "Goldfinger" involving a plan to sabotage the U.S. gold reserve at Fort Knox to profit from the ensuing economic chaos.

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instanceOf fictional criminal plot
fictional event
adaptedIn Goldfinger (1964 film) NERFINISHED
antagonistPlanOf Auric Goldfinger NERFINISHED
appearsInFranchise James Bond NERFINISHED
appearsInWork Goldfinger NERFINISHED
associatedCharacter Oddjob NERFINISHED
associatedOrganization Auric Enterprises NERFINISHED
beneficiary Auric Goldfinger NERFINISHED
Chinese government (film version)
codename Grand Slam
consequenceIfSuccessful dramatic increase in value of Goldfinger’s own gold holdings
massive devaluation of Western currencies
creator Ian Fleming NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Eon Productions James Bond film series NERFINISHED
Ian Fleming James Bond novels NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceWork Goldfinger (novel) NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 1959
genre spy fiction
goal to profit from economic chaos in the West
to sabotage the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox
medium film
novel
method manipulation of gold markets
use of a nuclear device in the Fort Knox area (film version)
narrativeFunction central plot device in Goldfinger
opposedByCharacter James Bond NERFINISHED
risk radioactive contamination of U.S. gold reserves (film version)
targetAsset U.S. gold reserve
targetCountry United States NERFINISHED
targetLocation Fort Knox NERFINISHED
thwartedBy James Bond NERFINISHED

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Auric Goldfinger notableScheme Operation Grand Slam