Jack Strap is a character from the 1959 Ian Fleming novel Goldfinger. In the novel, he was a co-conspirator of Goldfinger's to steal the gold bullion held at Fort Knox.
Novel biography
A cigar smoking gangster in the Spangled Mob, Jack Strap worked as a front man for the Las Vegas casinos they owned. Strap emerged as the gangs new leader in the aftermath of the smuggling pipeline of the Spang brothers destruction at the hand of James Bond. He took over the positions of the Spang brothers and moved the gang's interests away from diamond smuggling.
Eventually, he was summoned by the treasurer of SMERSH, Auric Goldfinger to a meeting of other American gang leaders. After hearing Goldfinger's plan to raid the U.S. gold bullion depository at Fort Knox, he agreed to partake in Operation Grand Slam. Strap sent several of his best men from the mob to assist. After the raid failed, due to James Bond's message to Felix Leiter, Goldfinger personally executed Strap, along with other mob bosses he hired for the job.
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