Date of Release
World Premiere 5th July 1973 at the Odeon Leicester Square, London.
Running Time 116 minutes
James Bond Roger Moore
Plot
Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big and his ‘voodoo’
henchmen plan to flood the US drugs
market with free Heroin, thereby eliminating all competition and increasing the number of drugs users, from which they intend to reap a rich harvest.
Bond’s Women
- Solitaire (Jane Seymour)
- Miss Caruso (Madeline Smith)
Bond’s Enemies
- Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto)
- Tee Hee (Julius W. Harris)
- Baron Samedi (Geoffrey Holder)
- Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry)
- Whisper (Earl Jolly Brown)
- Adam (Tommy Lane)
- Cab Driver 1 (Arnold Williams)
Bond’s Allies
- Felix Leiter (David Hedison)
- Quarrel Jr. (Roy Stewart)
- ‘M’ (Bernard Lee)
- Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
- [‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn) does not appear in this film]
- Sheriff J. W. Pepper (Clifton James) [an ally – however unwittingly!]
Bond’s Car AEC Double-Decker Bus!
Bond’s Gadget Rolex watch with magnetic field and rotatingsaw-edged bezel
Main Title Music ‘Live And Let Die’ performed by Paul McCartney and Wings
End Title Music ‘Live And Let Die’ performed by Paul McCartney and Wings
Music Score George Martin
Production Design Syd Cain
Main Titles Designer Maurice Binder
Editors Bert Bates, John Poulton & John Shirley
Screenplay Tom Mankiewicz
Director Guy Hamilton
Producers *Harry Saltzman & Albert R. Broccoli
The listing shown is contractual for the Eastern Hemisphere and is reversed for the Western Hemisphere
Budget $7 million
Worldwide Box Office $126.4 million
Worldwide Box Office Gross Income 2002 inflation-adjusted $514 million