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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
Gadgets:
- Identograph
- The ATAC
- Exploding Car
- 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.
