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