Date of Release

World Premiere 7th July 1977, Odeon Leicester Square, London.

Running Time 125 minutes

James Bond Roger Moore

Plot
Megalomaniac Karl Stromberg plans to
obliterate mankind from the surface of the Earth and build a new undersea kingdom of which he will be supreme ruler. After destroying New York and Moscow with missiles from captured American and Russian submarines, Stromberg is assured global destruction will follow.

Bond’s Women

  • Major Anya Amasova – Agent Triple X (Barbara Bach)
  • Felicca (Olga Bisera)
  • Log Cabin Girl (Sue Vanner)

Bond’s Enemies

  • Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens)
  • Jaws (Richard Kiel)
  • Naomi (Caroline Munro)
  • Sergei Borzov (Michael Billington)
  • Sandor (Milton Reid)
  • Max Kalba (Vernon Dobtcheff)
  • Aziz Fekkesh (Nadim Sawalha)
  • Liparus Captain (Sydney Tafler)
  • Dr. Bechmann (Cyril Shaps)
  • Dr. Markovitz (Milo Sperber)
  • Stromberg’s Assistant (Marilyn Galsworthy)

Bond’s Allies

  • Admiral Hargreaves (Robert Brown)
  • Sheik Hosein (Edward de Souza)
  • Captain Benson (George Baker)
  • USS Wayne Captain Carter (Shane Rimmer)
  • HMS Ranger Captain Talbot (Bryan Marshall)
  • General Gogol (Walter Gotell)
  • Rubelvitch (Eva Rueber-Staier)
  • Frederick Gray (Geoffrey Keen)
  • ‘M’ (Bernard Lee)
  • Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
  • ‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)

Bond’s Car Lotus Esprit S1

Bond’s Gadgets 

  • Ski pole which fires explosive headed projectile
  • Multiple extras fitted to the Lotus

Main Title Music ‘Nobody Does It Better’ sung by Carly Simon

End Title Music ‘Nobody Does It Better’ sung by Carly Simon

Music Score Marvin Hamlisch

Production Design Ken Adam

Main Titles Designer Maurice Binder

Screenplay Christopher Wood & Richard Maibaum

Editor John Glen

Director Lewis Gilbert

Producer Albert R. Broccoli
(the first solely produced James Bond film)

Filming Locations

  • Pinewood Studios, London, England
  • Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada (Asgard)
  • Bahamas (underwater scenes)
  • Canada
  • Egypt
  • Malta
  • Okinawa, Japan
  • Sardinia, Italy
  • Scotland, UK
  • Switzerland

Budget $13 million

Worldwide Box Office $185.4 million

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