Date of Release World Premiere 6th June 1983, the Odeon Leicester Square, London

Running Time 131 minutes

James Bond Roger Moore

Plot
Renegade Russian General Orlov, in order to countermand the soft line taken by his superiors in relation to the West plans, with the help of international smuggler Prince Kamal Khan, to detonate an atomic bomb on an American airbase in Germany

Bond’s Women

  • Octopussy (Maud Adams)
  • Magda (Kristina Wayborn)
  • Bianca (Tina Hudson

Bond’s Enemies

  • General Orlov (Steven Berkoff)
  • Prince Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan)
  • Gobinda (Kabir Bedi)
  • Mischa (David Meyer) & Grischa (Anthony Meyer)
  • Thug with Yo-Yo Saw (William Derrick)
  • Colonel Luis Toro (Ken Norris)

Bond’s Allies

  • Vijay (Vijay Amritraj)
  • Sadruddin (Albert Moses)
  • Jim Fanning (Douglas Wilmer)
  • Penelope Smallbone (Michaela Clavell)
  • Frederick Gray (Geoffrey Keen)
  • ‘M’ (Robert Brown)
  • Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
  • ‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)

Bond’s Car

  • Alfa Romeo GTV 6
  • Mercedes 108 Series saloon
  • [both cars are ‘borrowed’ from their owners]

Bond’s Gadget

  • Seiko watch with LCD video screen
  • Bede Acrostar Mini Jet

Main Title Music ‘All Time High’ sung by Rita Coolidge

End Title Music ‘All Time High’ sung by Rita Coolidge

Music Score John Barry

Production Design Peter Lamont

Main Titles Designer Maurice Binder

Screenplay

  • George Macdonald Fraser
  • Richard Maibaum
  • Michael G. Wilson

Editor John Grover

Director of Photography Alan Hume

Director John Glen

Producer Albert R. Broccoli

Filming Locations

  • Pinewood Studios, London, England
  • Buckinghamshire, England, UK
  • Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (Train scenes)
  • Norholt Air Force Base, England, UK
  • Oakley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (Hanger, used to fly through)
  • RAF Northolt, London, England, UK
  • RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England, UK (Circus parade scene)
  • Kurfürstendamm, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
  • Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Black Park Country Park,
  • Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
  • Lake Palace Hotel, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Budget $27.5 million

Worldwide Box Office $183.7 million

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