The Spy Who Loved Me (Original title)
Dates: 1977 (Copyright), 28 August 1977 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Lewis Gilbert
Synopsis: James Bond is called back for duty when a British nuclear submarine vanishes, and the submarine tracking technology used in the disappearance goes on sale on the black market in Egypt. In Cairo, Bond finds a rival in Major Anya Amasova of the Russian Army (and the KGB's agent 'Triple X'), who is similarly investigating the disappearance of a Soviet submarine, the Potempkin. Bond and Anya escape the clutches of hired assassin 'Jaws', a giant with metal teeth, whom the eccentric marine biologist Karl Stromberg has sent to kill anyone who comes in contact with a microfilm containing some details of his secret tracking technology. (Stromberg has developed this for his own use, but his assistant has stolen it and put it up for sale to the highest bidder.) After viewing part of the microfilm, Bond and Anya (now working together) following a lead to Sardinia, where they learn that the stolen submarines have been housed inside an enormous tanker owned by Stromberg, who plans to use the nuclear warheads to start a new world war, with a view to creating a new human civilization beneath the sea.
Genres: Action and Adventure, Thriller
Subjects: Espionage, Underwater, Nuclear weapons, Submarines, KGB, Marine biology
Releases
Date: 07 July 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 125 mins Length: 11259 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1977 (Copyright), 28 August 1977 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Lewis Gilbert
Synopsis: James Bond is called back for duty when a British nuclear submarine vanishes, and the submarine tracking technology used in the disappearance goes on sale on the black market in Egypt. In Cairo, Bond finds a rival in Major Anya Amasova of the Russian Army (and the KGB's agent 'Triple X'), who is similarly investigating the disappearance of a Soviet submarine, the Potempkin. Bond and Anya escape the clutches of hired assassin 'Jaws', a giant with metal teeth, whom the eccentric marine biologist Karl Stromberg has sent to kill anyone who comes in contact with a microfilm containing some details of his secret tracking technology. (Stromberg has developed this for his own use, but his assistant has stolen it and put it up for sale to the highest bidder.) After viewing part of the microfilm, Bond and Anya (now working together) following a lead to Sardinia, where they learn that the stolen submarines have been housed inside an enormous tanker owned by Stromberg, who plans to use the nuclear warheads to start a new world war, with a view to creating a new human civilization beneath the sea.
Genres: Action and Adventure, Thriller
Subjects: Espionage, Underwater, Nuclear weapons, Submarines, KGB, Marine biology
Releases
Date: 07 July 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 125 mins Length: 11259 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Danjaq S.A., Made by: Eon Productions, opening logo: United Artists, Presents/Produced by: Albert R. Broccoli, Associate Producer: William P. Cartlidge, Production Manager: David Middlemas, Production Co-ordinator (Canada): René Dupont, Production Controller: Reginald A. Barkshire, Production Accountant: Brian Bailey, Location Manager (Egypt): Frank Ernst, Location Manager (Bahamas): Golda Offenheim, Special Assistant to Producer: Michael Wilson, Production Assistant: Marguerite Green, 2nd Unit Director: Ernest Day, 2nd Unit Director: John Glen, Assistant Director: Ariel Levy, Assistant Director (2nd Unit): Chris Kenny, Continuity: June Randall, Casting Director: Maude Spector, Weston Drury Jnr, Script Editor: Vernon Harris, Screenplay by: Christopher Wood, Richard Maibaum, Screenplay Revisions: Tom Mankiewicz, [Possessory Credit for] James Bond - 007: Ian Fleming, Director of Photography: Claude Renoir, Ski Sequence Photographed by: Willy Bogner, [Ski/Parachute Fall Stunt Photographed by]: Alan Hume, Underwater Cameraman: Lamar Boren, [Source Lighting Adviser - Atlantis Set]: Stanley Kubrick, Camera Operator: Alec Mills, [Camera Operator (Ski/Parachute Fall)]: Brian Elvy, Special Visual Effects: Derek Meddings, Special Effects (Studio): John Evans, [Special Effects]: John Gant, Editor: John Glen, Assembly Editor: Alan Strachan, Assistant Editor: John Grover, Production Designed by: Ken Adam, Art Director: Peter Lamont, Assistant Art Director: Ernie Archer, [Sculptor]: Brian Muir, Construction Manager: Michael Redding, Wardrobe Supervisor: Rosemary Burrows, Fashion Consultant: Ronald Paterson, Make-up: Paul Engelen, Hairdressing: Barbara Ritchie, Main Title Designed by: Maurice Binder, Filmed in: Panavision, Colour by: DeLuxe, Special Optical Effects: Alan Maley, Music by: Marvin Hamlisch, The Theme from 'The Spy Who Loved Me' "Nobody Does It Better" Lyrics by: Carole Bayer Sager, The Theme from 'The Spy Who Loved Me' "Nobody Does It Better" Composed by: Marvin Hamlisch, The James Bond Theme Written by: Monty Norman, The Theme from 'The Spy Who Loved Me' "Nobody Does It Better" Performed by: Carly Simon, The Theme from 'The Spy Who Loved Me' "Nobody Does It Better" Produced by: Richard Perry, Music Recorded at: The Music Centre, Sound Recordist: Gordon Everett, Dubbing Mixer: Gordon K. McCallum, Dubbing Editor: Allan Sones, Action Arranger: Bob Simmons, Ski Sequence Supervised by: Willy Bogner, [Falling 'Jaws' Car Stunt]: George Leech, Ski Jump Performed by: Rick Sylvester, Naval Adviser: Richard Kennan, [General Catering Manager]: Tommy Thomas, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Roger Moore (James Bond, 007), Barbara Bach (Major Anya Amasova, 'Triple X'), Curt Jurgens (Karl Stromberg), Richard Kiel (Jaws), Caroline Munro (Naomi), Geoffrey Keen (Frederick Gray, Minister of Defence), Walter Gotell (General Gogol), Edward De Souza (Sheikh Hosein), Vernon Dobtcheff (Max Kalba, club owner), George Baker (Captain Benson), Desmond Llewelyn ('Q'), Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny), Michael Billington (Sergei Borzov), Bernard Lee ('M'), Shane Rimmer (Commander Carter, U.S.S. Wayne captain), Sydney Tafler (Liparus captain), Bryan Marshall (H.M.S. Ranger captain), Valerie Leon (hotel receptionist), Sue Vanner (log cabin girl), Nadim Sawalha (Aziz Fekkesh), Bob Sherman (U.S.S. Wayne crew), Eva Rueber-Staier (Rubelvitch, Gogol's secretary), Olga Bisera (Felicca), Robert Brown (Admiral Hargreaves, Flag Officer Submarines), Marilyn Galsworthy (Stromberg's assistant), Milton Reid (Sandor), Cyril Shaps (Doctor Bechmann), Milo Sperber (Professor Markovitz), Albert Moses (barman), Rafiq Anwar (Cairo club waiter), Felicity York, Dawn Rodriques, Anika Pavel, Jill Goodall, The Egyptian Folklore Group, Doyle Richmond, Murray Salem, John Truscott, Peter Whitman, Ray Hassett, Vincent Marzello, Nicholas Campbell, Ray Evans, Anthony Forrest, Garrick Hagon, Ray Jewers, George Mallaby, Christopher Muncke, Anthony Pullen, Robert Sheedy, Don Staiton, Eric Stine, Stephen Temperley, Dean Warwick, Michael Howarth, Kim Fortune, Barry Andrews, Kevin McNally, Jeremy Bulloch (Andrews), Sean Bury, John Sarbutt, David Auker, Dennis Blanch, Keith Buckley, Jonathan Bury, Nick Ellsworth, Tom Gerrard, Kazik Michalski, Keith Morris, John Salthouse, George Roubicek, Lenny Rabin, Irvin Allen, Yasher Adem, Peter Ensor, Barbara Jefford ([voice of Naomi])