Francisco Scaramanga is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film and novel The Man with the Golden Gun. In the novel, the character is nicknamed "Pistols" Scaramanga and is also called "Paco" (a Spanish diminutive of Francisco). Scaramanga was played by British actor Christopher Lee, who is also Ian Fleming's stepcousin.
Francisco Scaramanga, of Catalan origin, became a trick shot in a circus act while a youngster, and...
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Francisco Scaramanga is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film and novel The Man with the Golden Gun. In the novel, the character is nicknamed "Pistols" Scaramanga and is also called "Paco" (a Spanish diminutive of Francisco). Scaramanga was played by British actor Christopher Lee, who is also Ian Fleming's stepcousin.
Francisco Scaramanga, of Catalan origin, became a trick shot in a circus act while a youngster, and he also cared for one of the circus elephants, which he stated was his only real friend. When the elephant went on a rampage and Scaramanga witnessed a handler kill him, the enraged boy retaliated by killing the handler with a single shot through the eye. He then made his way to the United States, where he found employment as an enforcer for the Spangled Mob, an outfit that plays a role in two other Bond novels, Diamonds Are Forever, where they were the main foe of agent 007, and Goldfinger as an accomplice to Auric Goldfinger's Operation...
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