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Furka Pass

Plangent strings play. A yellow Rolls-Royce Phantom ascends an Alpine road, a hotel perched on a precipice in the background. Down in the valley Bond follows a dot on the screen of his DB5’s tracking device, which inexplicably places his quarry somewhere on the outskirts of Geneva. We are nowhere near Geneva.

Some more Rolls, some more jaw-dropping scenery. A Ford Mustang appears. More driving shots. Goldfinger stops for a roadside snack. Tilly Masterson makes a ham-fisted attempt to shoot him with a sniper rifle. Neither he nor Oddjob notices. More driving shots. Bond runs Masterson off the road.

The 1964 classic 007 outing is a terrible guide to the Furka Pass for the modern

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