Dr. No (1962)

Brief Synopsis:

• James Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate what is causing interference with American space launches on the island of Crab Key. Bond and adventuress Honey Ryder find the answer to the mystery and come face to face with the diabolical Dr. No.

Release Date:

• October 5, 1962

Plot:

• The toppling of missiles.

Box Office Results:

• $59.5 million

Running Time:

• 1 hour, 51 minutes

Gadgets:

• Bookcase Transmitter

• Geiger Counter
• Cyanide Cigarette
• 
  

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK
• *In the scene where Bond kills Prof. Dent, he uses an FN M1910 - the prop department was unable to find a suppressor for the PPK prop.

Director:

• Terence Young

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• Johanna Harwood
• Berkley Mather

Starring:

• Sean Connery as James Bond

Villain:

• Joseph Wiseman as Dr. Julius No

Henchmen:

• Anthony Dawson as Professor Dent
• Zena Marshall as Miss Taro
• Various Actors as The Three Blind Mice
• Reggie Carter as Mr. Jones
• Marguerite LeWars as Freelance

Bond Girls:

• Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder
• Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench

Supporting Cast:

• John Kitzmiller as Quarrel

• Jack Lord as Felix Leiter
• Bernard Lee as M
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

Filming Locations:

• London, UK
• Kingston, Jamaica
• Crab Key

Best Quotes:

• Bond: "Bond...James Bond"

• M: "When do you sleep, 007?"

Bond: "Never on the Firm's time, sir."

Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• At one point Bond picks a thug up with his left hand and prepares to lay into him with his right. However, he then hits him with his left hand.

Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• The first time Bond uses a Walther PPK, replacing his preferred Beretta

Around The World With 007

• Dr No was shot entirely on location in Jamaica, with interior scenes filmed at Pinewood Studios near London. Chris Blackwell was employed at the age of fifteen to assist the location manager in finding suitable shooting sites for the production. Blackwell today is the owner of Ian Fleming's Jamaican home, Goldeneye.

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 3
• Martinis: 2
• Kills: 5
• "Bond, James Bond": 1
• FILM IN A FILM (Where they mention the film in the film), The villan is called Dr. No

Film Rating Classification
Australian Dr No Flim Classification

From Russia With Love (1963)

Synopsis:
An extraordinary letter arrives at MI6 from a Russian cipher clerk in Istanbul. She claims to have fallen in love with a photo of James Bond in the office files. She wants to defect and bring a top-secret decoder, the Lektor, with her, on condition that Bond himself escorts her back to England. It 's obvious that this is a trap, but M feels the prize of a Lektor is worth the risk. When 007 sees a photo of the cipher clerk, he also thinks the mission is worth it. Neither suspects the lengths to which SPECTRE would go to eliminate Bond and discredit the British Intelligence.



Release Date:

• October 10, 1963

Plot:

• The theft of a LEKTOR and the embarrassment of MI6

Box Office Results:

• $78.9 million

Running Time:

• 1 hour, 59 minutes

Gadgets:

• Q Branch Briefcase
• The LEKTOR
• MI6 Beeper
• Armalite AR-7 rifle - not technically a gadget, however it has a gadget-like appearance because the rifle breaks down into two pieces and the barrel is stored in the stock.

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Director:

• Terence Young

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• Johanna Harwood

Starring:

• Sean Connery as James Bond

Villain:

• Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb

Henchmen:

• Robert Shaw as Red Grant
• Vladek Sheybal as Kronsteen
• Walter Gotell as Morzeny

Bond Girls:

• Daniela Bianchi as Tatiana Romanova
• Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench

Supporting Cast:

• Bernard Lee as M
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
• Pedro Armendariz as Ali Kerim Bey
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q

Filming Locations:

• SPECTRE Island; London, UK; Istanbul, Turkey; Belgrade, Zagreb; Trieste, Yugoslavia; Venice

Best Quote

• Tanya: "Horrible woman."

Bond: "Yes. She's had her kicks."

Around The World With 007

• From Russia With Love was filmed on location in Turkey, with second unit work shot in Venice. The helicopter chase sequence was actually shot in the hills of northern Scotland, whilst interiors and the sequences at the SPECTRE island were re-created at Pinewood Studios in England. The SPECTRE mansion is in fact the Pinewood Studios administrative office and looks virtually identical today.

Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk):

• The noise in the SPECTRE training camp doesn't start until Rosa Klebb gets there

Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• The hands of Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Anthony Dawson) and his persian cat appear for the first time

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 4
• Martinis: 0
• Kills: 17
• "Bond, James Bond": 0
• FILM IN A FILM (Where they mention the film in the film) Bond writes on a photo "From Russia with love"

Detailed Synopsis:

Night. Two black-garbed men are playing a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in a sculptured garden festooned with Greco-Roman statues. The tuxedoed man is revealed to be James Bond who uncharacteristically glances around nervously. Out of sight, a discreet several paces behind is Donovan "Red" Grant, a stocky Russian assassin, who parallels Bond's movements through the garden. The quiet night is shattered when Grant mistakenly snaps a twig and Bond fires wildly towards the sound. The agent turns a corner, and Grant quietly pulls a razor wire from the fob of his watch, then waits for his opportunity. The agent pulls closer and Grant quickly loops the wire around the agent's neck, strangling him in seconds. The night is shattered by powerful lights illuminating the scene. Several men approach Grant and his fallen victim. "A minute 52 seconds, that's excellent," says Morzeny, who reaches down and peels a mask off the fallen man, revealing him not to be James Bond, but another man entirely. He and Grant, walk back to chateau, the training exercise over....

In the final game of the Venice International Grandmasters Tournament, the Czech player Kronsteen has just put the Canadian MacAdam in check. Kronsteen recieves a message on the napkin underneath an unrequested glass of water. It requests his presence at a meeting and is finalised by a seal with an octopus figure. Kronsteen slowly tears the message up as MacAdam makes his tentative move, then Kronsteen moves his queen one square --Queen to King's 4--and MacAdam concedes defeat. Without further ado, Kronsteen exits the Tournament.

Aboard his luxury yacht, Ernst Stavro Blofeld is explaining to Rosa Klebb the strategy of the japanese fighting fish in his tank. With three in the tank, one will hang back as the other two fight, awaiting its chance to kill the weakened victor.
(to be continued...)


Trivia: This was Pedro Armendariz's last film. Director John Ford asked Terence Young if he might find a part for the veteran actor, and Young was only too happy to comply. In the course of fliming it was discovered he had inoperable stomach cancer and, rather than re-cast, Young re-arranged shooting to complete all of Armendariz's scenes first. After his part of the filming was over he checked into a medical clinc and, rather than endure a painful death, shot himself with a gun that had been smuggled in. Connery couldn't film for a week because he became emotionally involved. Afterward, Young went back and did some necessary re-shoots of some scenes and to cover those shots where Armendariz would have been in the background, the director was made up to resemble the Kerim Bey character and stood in for their absent friend. That is why in some publicity stills from the gypsy camp scene, you'll see a different man next to Connery in the background. It's actually Terence Young! (see below)

Pedro Armendariz, Jr. appeared as the President of Isthmus in "Licence to Kill."

Goldfinger (1964)

Synopsis:

• Agent 007 investigates a smuggling operation run by the obsessive millionaire Auric Goldfinger and uncovers a plot to irradicate the entire gold supply of the United States by detonating an atomic bomb inside Fort Knox

Release Date:

• September 17, 1964

Plot:

• The detonation of a nuclear device inside Fort Knox

Box Office Results:

• $124.9 million

Running Time:

• 1 hour, 51 minutes

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Gadgets:

• Big Boy & Little Boy Homers
• Oddjob's Bowler Hat

Director:

• Guy Hamilton

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• Paul Dehn

Main Theme:

• 'Goldfinger' by John Barry, Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
• Sung by Shirley Bassey

Starring:

• Sean Connery as James Bond

Villain:

• Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger

Henchmen:

• Harold Sakata as Oddjob
• Burt Kwouk as Mr. Ling
• Michael Mellinger as Kisch

Bond Girls:

• Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore
• Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson
• Tania Mallet as Tilly Masterson

Supporting Cast:

• Richard Vernon as Colonel Smithers
• Gerry Duggan as Hawker

• Bernard Lee as M
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Cec Linder as Felix Leiter

Filming Locations:

• A mystery Latin American country; Miami Beach, Florida, USA; London, UK; Unnamed airport, UK; Golf course in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK; Nr. Geneva, Switzerland; 35,000ft above Newfoundland; Friendship Airport, Baltimore, USA; Auric Stud, Kentucky, USA; Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA; Washington, USA

Best Quote:

• Bond: Do you expect me to talk?

Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!

Galore: "Where is Goldfinger?"
Bond: "Playing his golden harp."

Best Mistake:

• Through his binoculars Bond watches Goldfinger break a pencil; from a great distance he hears the snap

Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• The Aston Martin DB5 makes its debut, with rotating licence plates, retractable bullet-proof armor, forward machine guns, retractable tire slashers, smoke screen, rear oil sprayer, in-console map display/homer tracker, and an ejector seat

Around The World With 007:

• Locations for Goldfinger include London, Switzerland, Kentucky and Miami Beach. Second unit photography was done on location in the latter areas, but was seamlessly edited into footage shot at Pinewood Studios to replicate the locations. In fact, Sean Connery never set foot in the USA during the entire production. Even Auric Stud, Goldfinger's estate in the Kentucky bluegrass country, was built on the backlot of Pinewood.
• The unnamed South American nation where Bond destroys a heroin plant in the pre-credits sequence was actually an oil refinery in England.
  

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 2
  
• Martinis: 1
  
• Kills: 10
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 1 1/2
• FILM IN A FILM (Where they mention the film in the film) The villains name is Goldfinger

Information on Fleming's Novel Goldfinger:

• In the book Goldfinger was a part of SMERSH Russian Secret Service
• Pussy Galore in the book was a Lesbian
• In the book Bond drove a Aston Martin DB3
• Goldfinger was not fat
• Goldfinge really tried to take gold from Fort Knox

Detailed Synopsis: Another hot night at the Ramirez Export Company. Perhaps if the temperature weren't so warm, the guards might have noticed their colleague knocked out near the encircling high-stone wall. They might have seen the black-clad figure sprinting to one of the large silos and tripping a hidden switch to gain entry. Once inside, that agent took from his back-pack a large tube of plastique which he squeezed generously onto the tanks of...Nitro-Glycerin? The agent sets his watch. synchronizes it with a timer and jabs the solenoid into the plastique, then avoiding the sluggish guards makes his way back over the wall, and strips off his dark gear to reveal...a white tuxedo jacket. Work was over for James Bond, Agent 007. Time to play.

At the bar, the mood was festive. The band was lively. And with Bonita dancing, the crowd was livelier. As Bond surveyed the room, he and the girl exchanged glances. Casually, he took one turkish cigarette from his gun-metal case, and with a pause to glance at his watch ("Now"), he poised the flame of the lighter to the tobacco.

The cantina shuddered as the plastique set off a chain reaction: first, the nitro tanks, one after the other, and then explosions spread from silo to silo. As the ground shook, the flame of Bond's lighter crisped his cigarette edge, and he inhaled deeply. Screams raked the bar as frantic patrons headed for the exits as a hail of dust fell throughout. Bond appeared unfazed as he walked over to the bar and his contact, Sierra. Well, the girl was angry at the interruption. Plaster dust flew in a spiral as she whipped her dress around in disgust and headed to her dressing room. She'd lost some tips. He'd have to make it up to her. Later.
(To be continued)


Preceded by: From Russia With Love

Followed by: Thunderball

Thunderball (1965)

Synopsis:

• A NATO Vulcan bomber carrying two atomic bombs has crashed in the Caribbean. To make a serious situation even more critical, SPECTRE then informs the British government that it has hijacked the plane's cargo. Unless a ransom of 100,000,000 British Pounds is paid in seven days, a major city in England or the US will be laid to waste by the atomic bombs. MI6 calls in all its top agents, but only one has a lead; James Bond, 007. With only four days to complete his mission, 007 flies to the Bahamas where a femme fatale (as usual), a beautiful avenger (typical), and a shark in human form called Emilio Largo awaits him.

Release Date:

• December 9, 1965

Plot:

• The theft of two nuclear warheads and the blackmail of NATO

Box Office Results:

• $141.2 million

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Running Time:

• 2 hours, 10 minutes

Gadgets:

• Bell Textron Jetpack
• Underwater Breather
• Camera Geiger Counter
• Underwater Jetpack
• Modified Rolex Submariner/ Geiger Counter

Director:

• Terence Young

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• John Hopkins
• Based on the original story by Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham

Starring:

• Sean Connery as James Bond

Villains:

• Adolfo Celi as Emilio Largo
• Anthony Dawson as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Henchmen:

• Luciana Paluzzi as Fiona Volpe
• Philip Locke as Vargas
• Guy Doleman as Count Lippe
• Bob Simmons as Colonel Jacques Bouvar
• George Pravda as Ladislav Kutze
• Bill Cummings as Quist
• Paul Stassino as Angelo Palazzi

Bond Girls:

• Claudine Auger as Domino Derval
• Molly Peters as Patricia Fearing

Supporting Cast:

• Bernard Lee as M
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q

• Paul Stassino as Francois Derval
• Rik Van Nutter as Felix Leiter

• Martine Beswick as Paula Caplan

Filming Locations:

• Paris, France;
• Shrublands, South of England, UK;
• MI6 HQ, London, UK;
• Nassau, Bahamas;
• Miami, USA

Thunderball Soundtrack:

• Released by United Artists Records in 1965
• Composed and Performed by John Barry
• The Original Soundtrack LP only featured 12 Tracks
• The Soundtrack was re-released on CD in 2003 with Seven Extra Tracks not included on the Original Release (see link above for explanation)
• The Theme Song 'Thunderball' sung by Tom Jones was written by John Barry and Don Black
  

Best Quote:

• Bond: "That looks like a women's gun."
• Largo: "Do you know a lot about guns, Mr. Bond?"
• Bond: "No, but I know a little about women."

• Bond (after taking off the jet pack):"No well dressed man should be without one"

• Bond (after killing Vargas with a spear): I"I think he got the point."

• Bond (after leaving the "Irrigation Station" at Shrublands): "See you later!....irrigator."

Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Bond's jet pack proves to be too big for the boot of the Aston Martin

Distinguishing Feature:

• It is the only film in which all the Double-O's are seen together
• The first film to use the actor playing bond in the gun barrel

Around The World With 007:

• Thunderball was shot primarily in the Bahamas, where producer Kevin McClory resided. Consequently, McClory was able to suggest locations for many key sequences of the film. The home of a local millionaire couple, the sullivans, served as Largo's estate, Palmyra and the SPECTRE underwater assault begins in the grounds of another millionaires' home. The pre-credits sequence was filmed at the Chateau d'Anet near Paris, while interiors were shot at Pinewood.

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 3
  
• Martinis: 0
  
• Kills: 22
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 0
• FILM IN A FILM (Where they mention the film in the film) The operation is called THUNDERBALL

Trivia:

• Out of all 21 Bond films Thunderball is the most remembered by people, due to fact that the directors and producers of this film used a new technique for that time to film the underwater scenes. It was those scenes and that technology that made this film a huge hit throughout the world.

Preceded by: Goldfinger

Followed by: You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice (1967)

Synopsis: Bond's successes against SPECTRE has made him a marked man, so MI6 decides to fake his death in order to throw his enemies off his scent. Meanwhile, a US space capsule has been literally eaten up by a mysterious space craft above the Sea of Japan. The Americans suspect the Russians and threaten them with retaliation. With another US launch only weeks away, MI6 believes a third party is trying to foment nuclear war between the superpowers of the world. Bond is dispatched to Tokyo where, aided by the Japanese Secret Service, he infiltrates the headquarters of a corrupt industrialist, Mr. Osato. But 007's cover is blown by a scheming vixen and his "second life" is soon spiraling out of control. He finally escapes the clutches of Osato and reports to a secret ninja training base on an island that is seen in a micro-dot photograph taken from Osato's headquarters. Bond is trained as a ninja and then finds out that Blofeld's base is inside a volcano with a retractable roof. He then leads a party of ninjas to take out Blofeld's operation.

Release Date: June 12, 1967


Plot: The start of World War III for profit


Box Office Results: $111.6 million

Running Time: 1 hour, 57 minutes


Gadgets: Little Nellie, Rocket Cigarette


Director: Lewis Gilbert

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Screenplay: Roald Dahl

• Additional story material by Harold Jack Bloom.

Starring:

• James Bond (James Bond)
• Kissy Suzuki (Main Bond Girl)
• Aki (Minor Bond Girl)
• Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Main Villain)
• Hans (Main Villain's Main Henchman)
• Mr. Osato (Main Villain's Second Main Henchman)
• Helga Brandt (Main Villain's Second Main Henchman's Main Henchman)

Villain:

• Donald Pleasence as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Henchmen:

• Teru Shimada as Mr. Osato
• Karin Dor as Helga Brandt
• Ronald Rich as Hans

Bond Girls:

• Mie Hama as Kissy Suzuki
• Akiko Wakabayashi as Aki
• Karin Dor as Helga Brandt
• Tsai Chin as the girl in the pre-title sequence.

Supporting Cast:

• Tetsuro Tamba as Tiger Tanaka

• Bernard Lee as M
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

• Teru Shimada as Mr. Osato
• Charles Gray as Dikko Henderson
  

Filming Locations:

• Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; Matsu, Japan; Cape Cod, USA; Hawaii, USA; Pentagon, USA; Russia; Outer Space.

Best Quote

• Blofeld: "James Bond. They told me you were assasinated in Hong Kong."

Bond: "Yes this is my second life."
Blofeld: "You only live twice Mr. Bond."

Best Mistake:

• When Bond enters the sumo game, the writing above the door reads "Beauty Parlour" in Japanese

Distinguishing Feature:

• Ernst Stavro Blofeld's face is seen for the first time, revealing him as the archetypal alopecian villain

Around The World With 007:

• Filmed entirely on location in Japan (with the exception of second unit photography done in Hong Kong, Nassau and Spain). The remote fishing village of Akime, known for its hot springs, served as the fishing village where Bond and Kissy 'honeymoon', while the volcano on Kyushu led to complications becuase much of the production equipment had to be transported by foot and packhorse. Because of fans' hysteria at the presence of Sean Connery in Tokyo, director Lewis Gilbert had to hide cameras for some of the sequences to minimize the attention drawn to the production.
• As in previous films, Pinewood Studios played host to all the interior set sequences.
  

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 3
  
• Martinis: 1
  
• Kills: 21
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 0
  

Trivia:

• The screenplay was the first not to have Richard Maibaum involved in the writing. Renowned children's' and thrillerwriter Roald Dahl (who wrote such diverse books as 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Tales of the Unexpected') wrote the screenplay with additional material by Harold Jack Bloom.
• Director Lewis Gilbert, was asked to direct this movie 2 times before he accepted.

Passage In The Book ''You Only Live Twice''

In The Book You Only Live Twice There Was A Passage That Said

You Only Live Twice
Once When Your Born
And Once When You Look Death In The Face.

After Bassis
Japanese Poet,

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Synopsis:

Her name was Teresa (Tracy) di Vincenzo. Bond saved her from suicide and some dangerous killers. He never forgot her. Or her murder. This all started because after Bond saved Tracy, her father, crime lord of Corsican decent, Marc Ange Draco is looking for a husband to tame his rambunctious daughter. He sees that Bond saves her from her own fate and decides he is the best candidate. Bond would say no, save for one thing Draco has--information on Ernst Stravo Blofeld's whereabouts. So 007 takes a visit to the Royal College of Arms and receives information that Blofeld has been asking for the title of Count De Bleuchamp. Sir Hilary Bray has been in contact with Blofeld, under the perceived name, Count de Bleuchamp. Blofeld also has had plastic surgery to alter his appearance entirely. He also has had his earlobes cut off to resemble the noticeable characteristic of the de Bleuchamp family. After the visit to the college, Bond fakes his identity and becomes Sir Hilary Bray and pretends to be visiting Blofelds "clinic" in the Swiss Alps. He arrives and is greeted warmly where he meets Blofeld's "patients." Girls from all over the world have come to this mountain-top "clinic" to "cure food allergies." Little to their knowledge, they are being brainwashed to release samples of "Virus Omega" that will destroy the world's crops and animals.

Release Date:

• December 18, 1969

Plot:

• Blackmailing the world with the threat of mass extinction of plant and animal species ("Virus Omega")

Box Office Results:

• $64.6 million

Running Time:

• 2 hours, 21 minutes

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Gadgets:

• Safe Cracker / Copy Machine
• Radioactive Lint (mentioned by "Q" in the pre-title sequence)
• Two-way Radio Compact

Director:

• Peter Hunt

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• Additional dialogue: Simon Raven

Starring:

• George Lazenby as James Bond

Villain:

• Telly Savalas as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Henchmen:

• Ilse Steppat as Irma Bunt
• Yuri Borienko as Grunther

Bond Girls:

• Diana Rigg as Teresa di Vicenzo
• Angela Scoular as Ruby Bartlett
• Catherina von Schell as Nancy

Supporting Cast:

• Gabriele Ferzetti as Marc Ange Draco
• George Baker as Sir Hilary Bray
• Bernard Horsfall as Campbell
• Bernard Lee as M
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

Music:

• All Music by John Barry and song 'We Have All the Time in the World' (words by Hal David and sung by Louis Armstrong)

Music Trivia:

• One of the three Bond Films (besides "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love") to feature an instrumental for the Main Title sequence

Filming Locations:

• Lisbon, Portugal; Murren, near Interlaken, Switzerland; St Moritz, Switzerland; College Of Arms and MI6, London, England, UK.

Best Quote: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Bond: "This never happened to the other fellow"

Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• When Tracy and Bond are on the beach and Tracy drives off, you can hear the tires screech - - - not something usually associated with wheels on sand

Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Lazenby's one and only appearance as Bond - - - he turned down a seven picture deal

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 3
  
• Martinis: 1
  
• Kills: 8
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 2

Trivia:

• In the film George Lazenby wears a kilt as part of his cover to a dinner with the lovlies of the clinic. Had Connery starred in the film it would have been perfect since Connery is Scottish.
• While at the Royal Collage of Arms, Sir Hilary Bray identifies Bond's family Crest with the motto "The World is Not Enough"; which is the title of Bond 19 "The World is Not Enough".

Preceded by: You Only Live Twice

Followed by: Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Brief Synopsis:

Resolved to avenge Tracy's murder, Bond tracks Blofeld to Egypt and watches him die in a mud pool. Back in London, M assigns 007 to infiltrate a smuggling ring and find out who is stock piling stolen diamonds. Impersonating a gang member named Franks, Bond contacts another, Tiffany Case, and travels to Las Vegas with a hoard of gems hidden in Franks' coffin. The diamonds are acquired by a hi-tech empire belonging to a reclusive tycoon. But lurking in the background, back from the dead, is Bond's most bitter foe, Blofeld.

Release Date:

• December 17, 1971

Plot:

• The extortion of nations for nuclear supremacy, using the incentive of a high-powered diamond-encrusted laser satellite

Box Office Results:

• $116.0 million

Running Time:

• 2 hours, 1 minute

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Gadgets:

• Voice Algorithm Recorder
• Grappling Hook Gun
• Fake fingerprints
• Slot-machine RPM controller
  

Director:

• Guy Hamilton

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• Tom Manckiewicz

Starring:

• Sean Connery as James Bond

Villain:

• Charles Gray as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Henchmen:

• Bruce Glover as Mr. Wint
• Putter Smith as Mr. Kidd
• Leonard Barr as Shady Tree
• Bruce Cabot as Bert Saxby
• Lola Larson as Bambi
• Trina Parks as Thumper
• Joseph Furst as Professor Dr. Metz

Supporting Cast:

• Jimmy Dean as Willard Whyte
• Norman Burton as Felix Leiter
• Laurence Naismith as Sir Donald Munger
• Bernard Lee as M
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Lois Maxwell asMoneypenny

Bond Girls:

• Jill St. John as Tiffany Case
• Lana Wood as Plenty O' Toole

Filming Locations:

• Japan; Cairo, Egypt; South America; South Africa; Dover, UK; Amsterdam, Holland; Los Angeles, USA; Nevada, USA; Las Vegas, USA; Baja, California; USA.

Best Quote:

• Plenty: "Hi, I'm Plenty."

Bond: "But, of course you are."
Plenty: "Plenty O' Toole."

Bond: "Named after your father, perhaps."

Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• One of the moon buggy's wheels falls off mid chase
• bonds mustang enters on the right hand wheels, and comes out on its left

Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Connery's return. Tempted back into the Bond role for a then record sum of $1.25 million plus a percentage of the profits. He donated the entire sum to his Scottish International Educational Trust

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 1
  
• Martinis: 0
  
• Kills: 7
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 1

Trivia:

• When "M" and Bond are briefed by Munger, he offers the men a glass of Sherry. "M" defers, mentioning doctor's orders, which Bond attributes to his liver. In real life Bernard Lee ("M") wasn't allowed to drink due to his health. He died of stomach cancer in 1981.

• The last official Bond movie to star Sean Connery

Live and Let Die (1973)

Synopsis:

• Three MI6 agents have died - in New Orleans, on the island of San Monique and in Harlem, New York. M dispatches 007 to investigate. Bond's arrival in Harlem is predicted by a medium named Solitaire, and he is immediately a marked man. Her guardian, Dr. Kananga, rules the island of San Monique. Under the alias of Harlem hood, Mr. Big, he plans to flood US homes with home-grown heroin, relying on Solitaire's uncanny skill with a tarot pack to keep several steps ahead of the law. 007 has to find a way to get a couple steps ahead of Solitaire herself.

Release Date:

• July 6, 1973

Plot:

• Total control of the heroin market

Box Office Results:

• $126.4 million

Running Time:

• 2 hours, 2 minutes

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Gadgets:

• Suitcase Of Goodies
• Rolex Plus
• "Shark Gun" with compressed air bullets

Director:

• Guy Hamilton

Screenplay:

• Tom Mankiewicz

Main Theme:

• 'Live and Let Die' by Paul and LInda McCartney
• Sung by Paul McCartney and Wings

Starring:

• Roger Moore as James Bond

Villain:

• Yaphet Kotto as Dr. Kananga / Mr. Big

Henchmen:

• Julius W Harris as Tee Hee
• Earl Jolly Brown as Whisper
• Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi
• Tommy Lane as Adam
• Gloria Hendry as Rosie Carver
• Earl Jolly Brown as Whisper

Bond Girls:

• Jane Seymour as Solitaire
• Madeline Smith as Miss Caruso

Supporting Cast:

• David Hedison as Felix Leiter
• Roy Stewart as Quarrel Jr.
• Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper

• Bernard Lee as M
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

Filming Locations:

• London, UK; Fictional country of San Monique (Jamaica); New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; New York City, New York, USA; Slidell, Louisiana, USA

Best Quote: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Bond: "Why it's just a hat darling, belonging to a smallheaded man of limited means who lost a fight with a chicken."

sheriff j w pepper shouts "a secret agent on who's side"
Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• On the back of Solitaire's cards is a red and white design featuring the number 007 repeated over and over

Distinguishing Feature:

• First appearance by Roger Moore as Bond. Also second time the pre-credit scene didn't include Bond himself.

Vital Statistics (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 3
  
• Martinis: 0
  
• Kills: 6
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 1

The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)

Brief Synopsis:

• A golden bullet arrives at MI6 with "007" inscribed on it. Only one man was known to favor gold bullets: Scaramanga, the world's deadliest assassin. Bond sets aside his current assignment - searching for a missing solar-energy scientist called Gibson - to get Scaramanga before he gets him. A bullet in a belly dancer's navel supplies one clue and Scaramanga's girlfriend Andrea provides another. However, Bond soon realizes that he is not Scaramanga's prime target, after all. Scaramanga is more interested in obtaining the Solex Agitator--a device that could convert the sun's radiation into a deadly weapon. And he will kill anyone in his way.

Release Date:

• December 19, 1974

Plot:

• The theft and misuse of a Solex Agitator

Box Office Results:

• $97.6 million

Running Time:

• 2 hours, 6 minutes

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Gadgets:

• Scaramanga's Golden Gun
• Solex Agitator
• Camera Rocket Gun

Director:

• Guy Hamilton

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• Tom Mankiewicz

Starring:

• Roger Moore as James Bond

Villain:

• Christopher Lee as Francisco Scaramanga

Henchmen:

• Herve Villechaize as Nick Nack
• Richard Loo as Hai Fat
• Yiu Lam Chan as Chula

Bond Girls:

• Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight
• Maud Adams as Andrea Anders

Supporting Cast:

• Soon Taik Oh as Lieutenant Hip
• Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper
• Bernard Lee as M
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Lois Maxwell as Moneypenny

Vechicles:

• Scaramanga's Yacht
• MGB

Filming Locations:

• Scaramanga's Island, Chinese waters; London, UK; Beirut, Lebanon; Macau, China's Guangdong Province; Hong Kong; Bangkok, Thailand.

Best Quotes:

• Bond: "I've never killed a midget before, but there can always be a first time!"

• Bond: "Who would spend one million to kill me?"

M: "Jealous husbands. Outraged chefs. Humiliated tailors. The list is endless."

Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• At the start, a rival assassin attaches a silencer to his gun, yet when he fires it the gun sounds normal

Distinguishing Feature (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Christopher Lee was a distant cousin of Ian Fleming and had originally been asked to play Dr. No

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 2
  
• Martinis: 0
  
• Kills: 1
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 2

Trivia:

• Third Bond film not to have Bond himself in the pre-credit.

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Synopsis:

• Two atomic submarines belonging to the British and Soviet navies have vanished. MI6 and the KGB assign their best agents to the case. And so James Bond, 007, finds himself working with Major Anya Amasova, Agent Triple X. Bond and Anya learn that plans for a new submarine tracking system are on sale for the highest bidder. Suspecting a link with the missing subs, they resolve to get hold of the plans. However, they face awesome competition from a monstorous killing machine called Jaws and his boss, Karl Stromberg. Stromberg intends to initiate WWIII and live in an underwater civilization while the rest of the world drowns.

Release Date:

• July 7, 1977

Plot:

• World War III and a new underwater civilization with Karl Stromberg as its ruler.

Box Office Results:

• $185.4 million

Running Time:

• 2 hours, 6 minutes

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Gadgets:

• Skipole Gun
• Handheld Microfilm Reader
• Wetbike
• Lotus Esprit Turbo, with submarine capability

Director:

• Lewis Gilbert

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• Christopher Wood

Starring:

• Roger Moore as James Bond

Villain:

• Curt Jurgens as Karl Stromberg

Henchmen:

• Richard Kiel as Jaws
• Caroline Munro as Naomi
• Milton Reid as Sandor

Bond Girls:

• Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X)

Supporting Cast:

• Shane Rimmer as Captain Carter
• Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
• Walter Gotell as General Anatol Gogol
• Sue Vanner as Log Cabin Girl
• Bernard Lee as M
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

Filming Locations:

• North Norwegian Sea; London, UK; Moscow, Russia; Austrian Alps, Austria; Faslane Naval Base, Scotland; Atlantis, Sardinia; Cairo, Egypt; Luxor, Egypt; Liparus, Bay of Biscay.

Best Quote: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Bond: "Maybe I misjudged Stromberg. Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad."

Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• When Major Amasova is first seen in her opening scenes, her beeper, disguised as a music box, plays Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago. It was, however, a work which was banned in Russia at the time

Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• The first time a woman utters the immortal phrase "...ooooh James!"

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 3
  
• Martinis: 1
  
• Kills: 14
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 1

Trivia:

• Robert Brown starred in this film as a naval officer. He would go on to playM in Octopussy after Bernard Lee died.

Moonraker (1979)

Brief Synopsis:

• James Bond confronts billionaire industrialist Hugo Drax, who plans to destroy life on Earth and establish himself as king of a super race in outer space.

Release Date:

• June 26, 1979

Plot:

• Hugo Drax attempts to rid Earth of inferior humans while harboring a select race of people to repopulate the planet.
  

Box Office Results:

• $202.7 million

Running Time:

• 2 hours, 7 minutes

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Gadgets:

• Exploding Seiko
• Wrist Dart Gun
• Mini Camera
• Ultimate Gondola
• Q's Hydrofoil Boat
• Safe Cracking Cigarette Case
  

Director:

• Lewis Gilbert

Screenplay:

• Christopher Wood

Starring:

• Roger Moore as James Bond

Villain:

• Michael Lonsdale as Sir Hugo Drax

Henchmen:

• Richard Kiel as Jaws
• Toshiro Suga as Chang

Bond Girls

• Lois Chiles as Dr. Holly Goodhead
• Corrine Clery as Corrine Dufour
• Emily Bolton as Manuela
• Blanche Ravalec as Dolly
  

Supporting Cast:

• Michael Marshall as Colonel Scott
• Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
• Walter Gotell as General Anatol Gogol
• Bernard Lee as M
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Lois Maxwell as Moneypenny

Filming Locations:

• Guatemala; Iguaçu Falls, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil; Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA; London, England, UK; Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA; Palmdale, California, USA; Paris, France; Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil; St Lucie County, Florida, USA; Vaux-Le-Viconte, France; Venice, Veneto, Italy

Best Quote:

• Q: I think he's attempting re-entry sir.
• Drax: Look after Mr.Bond, see that some harm comes to him.
• Bond: As you say, such good sport.
  

Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• When Corrine Dufour is running away from nasty biting dogs her footwear changes from bright sandals to, one second later, dark boots.

Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• The only Bond film in which James Bond goes into outer space

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 3
  
• Martinis: 1
  
• Kills: 14
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 1

Trivia:

• The second film to have the character Jaws.

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

A British spy ship has struck a mine and has sunk in Albanian waters. On board was a vital piece of defense equipment, the ATAC transmitter. Bond has to recover it before the Russians get hold of it and use it for no good. The murder of Havelock, a marine archaeologist helping MI6 locate the wreck, gives Bond a lead. He goes after the assassin and encounters the late archaeologist's daughter, Melina, who is on the quest for revenge. She and Bond discover another villain, Emile Locque. But who is he working for? A gang boss called Columbo? Or Kristatos, a legitimate shipping magnate? Bond and Melina, menaced by killers at every turn, need some quick answers.


Release Date:

* June 24, 1981


Plot:

* The sale of an ATAC decoder to the KGB


Box Office Results:

* $194.9 million


Running Time:

* 2 hours, 9 minutes

Issued Sidearm:

* Walther PPK


Gadgets:

* Identigraph
* The ATAC
* Lotus Esprit Turbo with exploding anti-theft system
* Radio wristwatch


Director:

* John Glen


Screenplay:

* Richard Maibaum
* Michael G. Wilson


Title Song:

* For Your Eyes Only


Title Song Artist:

* Sheena Easton


Starring:

* Roger Moore as James Bond


Villain:

* Julian Glover as Aristotle Kristatos

* John Hollis as Ernst Stavro Blofeld


Henchmen:

* John Wyman as Erich Kriegler
* Michael Gothard as Emile Leopold Locque
* Stefan Kalipha as Hector Gonzales
* Jack Klaff as Apostis


Bond Girls:

* Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock
* Cassandra Harris as Countess Lisl von Schlaf
* Lynn-Holly Johnson as Bibi Dahl


Supporting Cast:

* Walter Gotell as General Anatol Gogol
* James Villiers as Bill Tanner
* Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
* Desmond Llewelyn as Q
* Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

* Chaim Topol as Milos Columbo


Filming Locations:

* London, UK; Ionian Sea off Albania; Albania; Moscow, Russia; Corfu, Greece; Madrid, Spain; Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; Albania itself.


Best Quote: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Bond: "Now put your clothes back on and I'll buy you an ice cream."


Best Mistake (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Bond uses a table umbrella as a parachute while being shot at by baddies. But the umbrella seems to contain bullet holes before the enemy starts shooting .


Distinguishing Feature (According to mi6.co.uk)

* M does not appear in this film due to the death of actor Bernard Lee. The picture of a knight riding a horse in M's office is also absent for the first time.


Vital Statistics (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Conquests: 2
* Martinis: 0
* Kills: 11
* "Bond, James Bond": 2


Trivia

* Cassandra Harris was the first wife of Pierce Brosnan.
* This was intened to the next movie after The Spy Who Loved Me, but after the box office hit of Star Wars, the producers cashed in on Moonraker.

Never Say Never Again

SPECTRE agents under of Blofeld infiltrate a US air force base located in the UK and steal two Tomahawk cruise missiles. When NATO is held to a huge ransom, the Brits reactivate their "00" agents and send James Bond to retrieve the warheads.


Director:

* Irvin Kershner (who also directed 'The Empire Strikes Back')


Starring:

* Sean Connery


Villain:

* Max von Sydow as Blofeld
* Klaus Maria Brandauer as Maximilian Largo


Bond Girls:

* Barbara Carrera as Fatima Blush
* Kim Bassinger as Domino Petachi


Supporting Cast:

* Edward Fox as M
* Alec McCowen as Q


Issued Sidearm:

* Walther P5 - Allegedly, Walther had wanted to promote a new model of pistol so the P5 was used here. Interestingly enough Bond also uses one in the film from the same year, Octopussy, when he "mislays his PPK."

Gadgets:

* Fountain pen decorated with the Union Jack that fires rocket projectiles
* Digital wristwatch with laser
* Cigarette case (used as a fake bomb)

Filming Locations:

Best Quotes:

* Nurse: "Mr. Bond, I need a urine sample. If you could fill this beaker for me?"

James Bond:"From here?"


* Fatima Blush: "Oh, how reckless of me. I made you all wet."

James Bond: "Yes, but my martini is still dry. My name is James."

Nigel: Sorry Im Late, but I took the pre-caution of not being followed.
Bond: That's why you shouted my name half way across the harbor?
Nigel: Did I? I'm sorry! Damn! Damn! Sorry, I rather new to all this.......


Best Mistake:

* When Fatima skis into him in the bar, Bond is drinking a martini in a martini glass. After some dialogue, in which he refers to the martini, he is drinking a smaller golden drink in a different glass.
* When the guard comes into the prison after Bond cuts himself loose, he does not have a magazine in his AK-47 rifle.


Distinguishing Feature:

* It is an unnofical Bond film.


Vital Statistics:

* Conquests: 3
* Martinis:
* Kills:
* "Bond, James Bond": 1


Background and History:

Did you know this was a semi-official Bond film? Originially known as Thunderball, Connery came back (a little long in the tooth too) after several Roger Moore films to reprise the role one last time. Bully for us.

Producer Kevin McClory had originally helped to develop the storyline for a proposed movie, back in the late 50s with Ian Fleming; that movie project didn't materialize and Fleming later used the story for the book "Thunderball".

That led to McClory filing a lawsuit which was settled when McClory retained the rights to the novel "Thunderball," which he immediately made plans to make into a film, wanting to cash in on the popularity of the Danjaq films. Danjaq producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman had originally wanted to make "Thunderball" the first James Bond film, but due to the McClory lawsuit, they shelved those plans and instead produced "Dr. No." McClory wanted to make his "Thunderball" film with Sean Connery, but as the Bond star was under contract to Broccoli and Saltzman, he was unavailable. So, a compromise was reached between Broccoli/Saltzman and McClory. McClory was given producer credit on the 1965 movie Thunderball, while the Danjaq partners would "present" the film, with the stipulation that McClory not try and re-make "Thunderball" for ten years (Broccoli and Saltzman not supposing that the series would last that long!). Once that restriction expired, McClory began to create his own James Bond movie scenario using the characters and situations that he was legally allowed, first as "James Bond of the secret service," then as "Warhead." Collaborating on this screenplay were spy writer Len Deighton, as well as Sean Connery. Suits and counter-suits were filed between McClory and Bond producer Albert Broccoli's EON Productions (Saltzman having sold his rights after "The Man with the Golden Gun."). Finally, once all the legal dust had settled McClory had the freedom in 1983 to make "Never Say Never Again"- which is essentially a remake of Thunderball. (Whew! Got all that?)

Wait. It gets worse. McClory tried for many years afterwards to make ANOTHER remake of "Thunderball," with the title "Warhead," going so far as to sell his "Thunderball" rights to Sony Pictures. Once again, a long protracted legal battle ensued with the issue coming down to who really had the rights to make James Bond movies. After years of litigation, EON came out with that distinction, with the added bonus of retaining the rights to the only Fleming title not under their blanket deal, "Casino Royale," which had been made into a 1967 spoof by Sony's picture-making acquisition, Columbia Pictures. AND, they were given the rights to "Never Say Never Again," as well! (See how this all comes around?)

Ironically, EON Productions' Bond-producing partners United Artists and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired both studios in a take-over, and when it came time to make the first "official" "Casino Royale" film, it was done under the auspices of their once-legal-nemesis, Sony-Columbia Pictures. It's a funny old world, ain't it?

Never Say Never Again wound up being released in 1983, which was also when Octopussy was released.

Octopussy (1983)

A man in a clown suit -- 009 in disguise -- had gatecrashed an embassy party and died, a knife in his back... Clutched in his hand was a Faberge egg. MI6 discovered that this priceless jewel was a clever fake, and that another was to be sold at auction. Bond pursues Prince Kamal Khan, the buyer of the egg, to India, and not only uncovered a high-class smuggling racket, but also a plan to start WWIII involving a fanatical Russian general who intends to set off a nuclear weapon in West Germany and blame it on the US. Help came from a beguiling source: the mysterious Octopussy and her traveling circus.


Release Date:

* June 6, 1983


Plot:

* To steal Russian jewels and detonate a nuclear bomb on a US airforce base


Box Office Results:

* $183.7 million


Running Time:

* 2 hours, 12 minutes


Issued sidearm:

* Walther PPK


Gadgets:

* Acrostar Mini Jet
* Homer Seiko Watch
* Miniature tracking and listening device
* Fountain pen containing metal corroding acid and an earpiece


Director:

* John Glen


Screenplay:

* Richard Maibaum
* George MacDonald
* Michael G. Wilson


Title Song:

* All Time High


Title Song Artist:

* Rita Coolidge


Starring:

* Roger Moore as James Bond


Villain:

* Louis Jourdan as Prince Kamal Khan


Henchmen:

* Steven Berkoff as General Orlov
* Kabir Bedi as Gobinda
* David Meyer as Mischka
* Anthony Meyer as Grischka


Bond Girls:

* Maud Adams as Octopussy
* Kristina Wayborn as Magda


Supporting Cast:

* Walter Gotell as General Anatol Gogol
* Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
* Robert Brown as M
* Desmond Llewelyn as Q
* Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

* Vijay Amritraj as Vijay


Filming Locations:

* Unidentified South American republic (with English road signs); Checkpoint Charlie, East Berlin, Germany; London, UK; Moscow, Russia; Udaipur, India; West Berlin, Germany; Feldstadt, Germany.


Best Quote: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Vijay: "Is he still there?"

Q: "You must be joking. 007 on an island populated exclusively by women? We won't see him 'til dawn."


Best Mistake (According to mi6.co.uk)

* At Octopussy's palace, Bond and an opponent fall into the water and are immediately attacked by crocodiles. But earlier, Kamal's men swam to the palace unmolested.


Distinguishing Feature (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Maud Adams (Octopussy) also appeared in a main role (as Andrea Anders) in The Man With The Golden Gun.


Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Conquests: 2
* Martinis: 1
* Kills: 14
* "Bond, James Bond": 1


Trivia:

* This is the first film to have Robert Brown playing M

A View to a Kill (1985)

Millionaire psychopath Max Zorin is the mastermind behind a scheme to destroy Silicon Valley in order to gain control over the international microchip market. With the countdown ticking toward a cataclysmic disaster, James Bond must stop this madman from achieving his goal.


Release Date:

* May 22, 1985


Plot:

* The destruction of Silicon Valley


Box Office Results:

* $152.4 million


Running Time:

* 2 hours, 12 minutes

Issue Sidearm:

* Walther PPK


Gadgets:

* S.N.O.O.P.E.R.
* Ring Camera
* Glare Eliminating Glasses
* Carbon copy reading device
* Credit card lock opener


Director:

* John Glen


Screenplay:

* Richard Maibaum
* Michael G. Wilson


Title Song:

* A View To a Kill


Title Song Artist:

* Duran Duran


Starring:

* Roger Moore as James Bond


Villain:

* Christopher Walken as Max Zorin


Henchmen:

* Grace Jones as May Day
* Patrick Bauchau as Scarpine
* Willoughby Gray as Dr. Carl Mortner
* Alison Doody as Jenny Flex
* Papillon Soo Soo as Pan Ho
* Manning Redwood as Bob Conley


Bond Girls:

* Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton
* Fiona Fullerton as Pola Ivanova


Supporting Cast:

* Walter Gotell as General Anatol Gogol
* Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
* Robert Brown as M
* Desmond Llewelyn as Q
* Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny

* Patrick Macnee as Sir Godfrey Tibbett
* David Yip as Chuck Lee
* Jean Rougerie as Achille Aubergine


Filming Locations:

* Siberia, Russia; London, UK; Ascot, UK; Paris and rural France; San Francisco and the Bay Area, USA.


Best Quote:

* Zorin: "Intuitive improvisation is the secret of a Genius."


Best Mistake (According to mi6.co.uk)

* When Stacey breaks a vase containing her grandfather's ashes over a thug's head, there are no ashes inside


Distinguishing Feature (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Christopher Walken is the only actor with an Oscar to have played a Bond villain.


Vital Statistics (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Conquests: 4
* Martinis: 0
* Kills: 5
* "Bond, James Bond": 2


Trivia:

* The last Bond movie to have Roger Moore playing Bond

The living Daylights

James Bond must prevent renegade KGB General Koskov and his ally, arms dealer Brad Whitaker, from enriching themselves through a complicated sheme to cause all-out war between Soviet and British intelligence agencies.


Release Date:

* June 29, 1987


Plot:

* Drug and weapons trafficking


Box Office Results:

* $191.2 million


Running Time:

* 2 hours, 12 minutes

Issue Sidearm:

* Walther PPK


Gadgets:

* Walther WA2000
* Q Branch Keychain with stun gas and C4 explosive charge
* Aston Martin Volante


Director:

* John Glen


Screenplay:

* Richard Maibaum
* Michael G. Wilson


Title Song:

* The Living Daylights


Title Song Artist:

* a-ha


Starring:

* Timothy Dalton as James Bond


Villains:

* Joe Don Baker as Brad Whitaker
* Jeroen Krabbe as General Georgi Koskov


Henchmen:

* Andreas Wisniewski as Necros
* Carl Rigg as Imposter


Bond Girls:

* Maryam d'Abo as Kara Milovy


Supporting Cast:

* Thomas Wheatley as Saunders
* John Terry as Felix Leiter
* Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
* Walter Gotell as General Anatol Gogol
* Robert Brown as M
* Desmond Llewelyn as Q
* Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny

* John Rhys-Davies as General Leonid Pushkin

* Art Malik as Kamran Shah


Filming Locations:

* Gibraltar; Bratislava, Czechoslovakia; Vienna, Austria; London, UK; Blayden, UK; Tangier; Afghanistan; New York.


Best Quote:

* Bond: "I 've had a few optional extras installed."


Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* When Bond and Kara are sliding down the slopes on the cello case, the cello Bond is holding gets shot through the front, yet Bond is unscathed


Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Not only does this film usher in a new Bond (Timothy Dalton) but also a new Miss Moneypenny (Caroline Bliss)


Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Conquests: 2
* Martinis: 2
* Kills: 3
* "Bond, James Bond": 1

License to Kill (1989)

Following the mutilation of Felix Leiter and the death of Della Leiter at the hands of drug czar Franz Sanchez, 007 disobeys orders and pursues Sanchez with a vengeance. Bond's obsession costs him his licence to kill - and nearly his life.


Release Date:

* July 13, 1989


Plot:

* Bond seeks revenge for the maiming of Felix Leiter and the murder of his wife


Box Office Results:

* $156.2 million


Running Time:

* 2 hours, 8 minutes

Issue Sidearm:

* Walther PPK


Gadgets:

* Q Branch Briefcase II
* Signature Gun
* Xray camera with laser emitting flash
* Plastic explosive contained in toothpaste tube
* Radio controlled detonator contained in cigarette pack


Director:

* John Glen


Screenplay:

* Richard Maibaum
* Michael G. Wilson


Title Song:

* Licence To Kill


Title Song Artist:

* Gladys Knight


Starring:

* Timothy Dalton as James Bond


Villain:

* Robert Davi as Franz Sanchez


Henchmen:

* Anthony Zerbe as Milton Krest
* Benicio Del Toro as Dario
* Don Stroud as Colonel Heller
* Anthony Starke as Truman-Lodge
* Wayne Newton as Professor Joe Butcher
* Everett McGill as Ed Killifer
* Alejandro Bracho as Perez
* Guy De Saint Cyr as Braun
* Pedro Armendariz Jr. as President Hector Lopez
* Wayne Newton as Professor Joe Butcher


Bond Girls:

* Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier
* Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora


Supporting Cast:

* Anthony Starke as Truman-Lodge
*

* Robert Brown as M
* Desmond Llewelyn as Q
* Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny

* David Hedison as Felix Leiter
* Frank McRae as Sharkey


Filming Locations:

* Key West, Florida, USA; fictional South American republic of Isthmus and Isthmus City; the Bimmi Islands; Olimpatec Meditation Institute; London, UK.


Best Quote

* Bond:"Now why don't you wait until your asked?"

Bouvier: "Then why don't you ask me?"


Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Leaving Felix's wedding, Bond puts his airline tickets in his right pocket, but when he checks in he takes them out of his left.


Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Felix Leiter is played by the same actor who played him in Live And Let Die - the only time in the series the role has been reprised.


Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Conquests: 2
* Martinis: 1
* Kills: 12
* "Bond, James Bond": 1


Trivia:

* The last Bond film to have Timothy Dalton playing Bond
* The scene where Felix Leiter is fed to a shark is taken from a scene in Ian Fleming's novel "Live and Let Die".
* Last appearance of the male M.