The Spy Who Loved Me

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Roger Moore	James Bond
Barbara Bach	Maj. Anya Amasova
Curd Jürgens	Karl Stromberg (as Curt Jurgens)
Richard Kiel	Jaws
Caroline Munro	Naomi
Walter Gotell	Gen. Anatol Gogol
Geoffrey Keen	Minister of Defence Sir Frederick Gray
Bernard Lee	M
George Baker	Capt. Benson
Michael Billington	Sergei Barsov

Director	Lewis Gilbert
Writer	Ian Fleming; Christopher Wood

The best of the James Bond adventures starring Roger Moore as tuxedoed Agent 007, this globe-trotting thriller introduced the steel-toothed Jaws (played by seven-foot-two-inch-tall actor Richard Kiel) as one of the most memorable and indestructible Bond villains. Jaws is so tenacious that Moore looks genuinely frightened, which adds to the abundant fun. This time Bond teams up with yet another lovely Russian agent (Barbara Bach) to track a pair of nuclear submarines that the nefarious Stromberg (Curt Jürgens) plans to use in his plot to start World War III. Featuring lavish sets designed by the great Ken Adam (Dr. Strangelove), The Spy Who Loved Me is a galaxy away from the suave Sean Connery exploits of the 1960s, but the film works perfectly as grandiose entertainment. From cavernous undersea lairs to the vast horizons of Egypt, this Bond thriller keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek with a plot tailor-made for daredevil escapism. --Jeff Shannon