Answer the following question: Information: - Spy fiction, a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device, emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by rivalries and intrigues between the major powers, and the establishment of modern intelligence agencies. It was given new impetus by the development of fascism and communism in the lead-up to World War II, continued to develop during the Cold War, and received a fresh impetus from the emergence of rogue states, international criminal organizations, global terrorist networks, maritime piracy and technological sabotage and espionage as potent threats to Western societies. - Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned 6 decades but was mostly popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances. - David John Moore Cornwell, alias John le Carre , (born 19 October 1931) is a British author of espionage novels. During the 1950s and the 1960s, he worked for the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service, and began writing novels under his pen name. His third novel, "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1963), became an international best-seller, and remains one of his best-known works. Following the success of this novel, he left MI6 to become a full-time author. - Leonard Cyril Deighton (born 18 February 1929), known as Len Deighton, is a British author. Deighton is considered one of the top three spy novelists of his time (along with Ian Fleming and John le Carre). In addition he is a highly acclaimed military historian, cookery writer, and graphic artist. "The IPCRESS File", his first novel, was an instant bestseller and broke the mould of thriller writing. The Sunday Times dubbed him "the poet of the spy story". Deightons first protagonist a nameless spy christened Harry Palmer in the films was made famous worldwide in the iconic 1960s films starring Michael Caine. - Sir Roger George Moore KBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English actor. Moore played the British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985. Moore worked as a model and made several appearances in minor films and television dramas before finding more substantial roles in the television serials "Ivanhoe" (19581959), "The Alaskans" (19601961) and "Maverick" (1961). Moore's most significant television work came with his portrayal of Simon Templar in "The Saint" from 1962 to 1969 and his starring alongside Tony Curtis in the television drama "The Persuaders!" (1971). - The Persuaders! is an action/adventure/comedy series produced by ITC Entertainment, and initially broadcast on ITV and ABC in 1971. It has been called "the last major entry in the cycle of adventure series that began eleven years earlier with "Danger Man" in 1960," as well as "the most ambitious and most expensive of Sir Lew Grade's international action adventure series". "The Persuaders!" was filmed in France, Italy and Britain between May 1970 and June 1971. - A diminutive is a word which has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formation device used to express such meanings; in many languages, such forms can be translated as "little" and diminutives can also be formed as multi-word constructions such as "Tiny Tim". Diminutives are used frequently when speaking to small children or when expressing extreme tenderness and intimacy to an adult. As such, they are often employed for nicknames and pet names. The opposite of the diminutive form is the augmentative. - Francisco Scaramanga is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond novel and film versions of "The Man with the Golden Gun". Scaramanga's signature weapon is a golden gun. In the novel, the character is nicknamed "Pistols" Scaramanga and is also called "Paco" (a Spanish diminutive of Francisco). In the film, the character was played by Christopher Lee (the real-life step-cousin of James Bond creator Ian Fleming). - A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two individuals with matched weapons in accordance with agreed-upon rules. - The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelizations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd and Anthony Horowitz. The latest novel is "Trigger Mortis" by Anthony Horowitz, published in September 2015. Additionally Charlie Higson wrote a series on a young James Bond, and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the diaries of a recurring series character, Moneypenny. - The Alaskans is a 19591960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. Their plans are inevitably complicated by the presence of singer "Rocky Shaw" (Dorothy Provine), "an entertainer with a taste for the finer things in life". - Alaska is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America. The Canadian administrative divisions of British Columbia and Yukon border the state to the east; its most extreme western part is Attu Island; it has a maritime border with Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort seasthe southern parts of the Arctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest. Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area, the 3rd least populous and the least densely populated of the 50 United States. Approximately half of Alaska's residents (the total estimated at 738,432 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2015) live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska's economy is dominated by the fishing, natural gas, and oil industries, resources which it has in abundance. Military bases and tourism are also a significant part of the economy. - Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, and author. With a career spanning nearly 70 years, Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974), Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy (20012003) and "The Hobbit" film trilogy (20122014), and Count Dooku in the final two films of the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005). - Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 12 August 1964) was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing. - Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, at times referred to as "The Master of Suspense". He pioneered many elements of the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He had a successful career in British cinema with both silent films and early talkies and became renowned as England's best director. Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939, and became a US citizen in 1955. - Espionage (colloquially, spying) is the obtaining of information considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage can be committed by an individual or a spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government or a company, or operating independently. The practice is inherently clandestine, as it is by definition unwelcome and in many cases illegal and punishable by law. Espionage is a subset of "intelligence" gathering, which includes espionage as well as information gathering from public sources. - The spy film genre deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way (such as the adaptations of John le Carre) or as a basis for fantasy (such as many James Bond films). Many novels in the spy fiction genre have been adapted as films, including works by John Buchan, le Carre, Ian Fleming (Bond) and Len Deighton. It is a significant aspect of British cinema, with leading British directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Carol Reed making notable contributions and many films set in the British Secret Service. - The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 British spy film , the ninth entry in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond . A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming 's novel of same name , the film has Bond sent after the Solex Agitator , a device that can harness the power of the sun , while facing the assassin Francisco Scaramanga , the '' Man with the Golden Gun '' . The action culminates in a duel between them that settles the fate of the Solex . The Man with the Golden Gun was the fourth and final film in the series directed by Guy Hamilton . The script was written by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz . The film was set in the face of the 1973 energy crisis , a dominant theme in the script -- Britain had still not yet fully overcome the crisis when the film was released in December 1974 . The film also reflects the then - popular martial arts film craze , with several kung fu scenes and a predominantly Asian location , being shot in Thailand , Hong Kong , and Macau . Part of the film is also set in Beirut , Lebanon , making it the first Bond film to include a Middle Eastern location . The film saw mixed reviews , with Christopher Lee 's performance as Scaramanga , intended to be a villain of similar skill and ability to Bond , being praised ; but reviewers criticised the film as a whole , particularly the comedic approach , and some critics described it as the lowest point in the canon . Although the film was profitable , it is the fourth - lowest - grossing Bond film in the series . It was also the final film to be co-produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman , with Saltzman selling his 50 % stake in Danjaq , LLC , the parent company of Eon Productions , after the release of the film . - Simon Templar is a fictional character known as The Saint. He featured in a long-running series of books by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until 1983; two additional works produced without Charteris's participation were published in 1997. The character has also been portrayed in motion pictures, radio dramas, comic strips, comic books and three television series. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'the man with the golden gun ' exhibits the relationship of 'genre'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - action - adult - combat - comedy - comic - communism - drama - economy - entertainment - espionage - family - fishing - horror - information - intelligence - james - law - literature - military - novel - radio - spy fiction - spy film - suspense - television - thriller - war - western
Answer:
thriller