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The Spy Who Loved Me
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EON Productions EON Productions
United Artists United Artists
James Bond Collection James Bond Collection

The Spy Who Loved Me

It's the BIGGEST. It's the BEST. It's BOND. And B-E-Y-O-N-D.

1977 125 min ★ 6.8 (2,306) Released
Action Adventure Thriller

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.

Original title
The Spy Who Loved Me
Language
EN
Country
GB
Budget
$13,500,000
Revenue
$185,438,673
Reviews & Ratings 6
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tmdb93836550

Nov 23, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 10.0

I love The Spy Who Loved Me. This film is one I can never get enough of, overtime I think of it or hear of it I want to watch it, it's just that damn good. This is my brothers favourite Bond film and a number 4 spot on my ranking, The Spy Who Loved Me is nothing but a cinematic masterpiece.

drystyx

drystyx

Apr 4, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 10.0

We have here the ultimate 007 film. This one not only has the aspects that make 007 films great: beautiful scenery, exotic settings, beautiful women, wit, non stop action, adventure, gadgets, etc., but it also has an epic story, the best of all the Bond films. The story is a woman, who is quite capable, finds out her lover has been killed, and she vows to kill the man who killed her lover, but as the story progresses, she finds out that this man was not the devil she believed. There is, of course, the other story, of a maniac who murders his employees, and this time it's not the head of Specter. A lot of the spy work makes little sense, as does the motivation of "Jaws" (Richard Kiel), who became a fan favorite henchman. But the main story is still the first one, and that holds this together, along with all the non stop action. There is also a memorable scene where Bond thinks he is going to meet his boss, only to find someone else at the chair. This is the ultimate Bond film, and I don't believe I am alone in claiming this is the best Bond film ever made, at least up to 2023.

The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

Jan 21, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

**The Spy Who Loved Me gives Roger Moore the perfect formula to show off his goofy Bond charm with exotic locations, extravagant gadgets, big battle scenes, and a great supporting cast.** The Spy Who Loved Me is my favorite Roger Moore and one of the best classic Bond films. Live and Let Die was his first and a less conventional Bond movie. Man with the Gold Gun was ok, but The Spy Who Loved Me finally fired on all cylinders for Moore. Beautiful locations, exciting villains, a catastrophic nuclear threat, a strong, capable Bond girl, and a dangerous romance give Moore’s third outing as Bond the edge over his other films. The final battle with various submarine crews fighting an army of villains made for an exciting backdrop as Bond battled to save the world once again. Add to it all some of the coolest gadgets and vehicles of the franchise, one of the most iconic henchmen in Richard Keil’s Jaws, and Barbara Bach’s gorgeous Russian agent Major Amasova and you have one of the best classic spy films ever made.

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

Jan 11, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 10.0

Now, I am 100% in the "Sean Connery was the greatest Bond and had the greatest 007 movies ever made" camp... ... so take it to heart when I say that this is Roger Moore's greatest outing as 007 and one of the best 007 movies (with one of the best 007 introductory songs) ever made. This is Roger Moore at his absolute finest in a games bond movie with Barbra Bach being a great female spy with one of the best, most suggestive, Bond Girl names since Honor Blackman's (this review probably won't make it past the censors if I wrote her character's name)... and that, of course, would be Agent Triple X... AKA Anya Amasova. Anya Amasova.... yeah, we all like calling her Agent Triple X so much more don't we? Honey Ryder is still the quintessential Bond Girl, Honor Blackman still plays the Bond Girl with the best name, but Bach comes in third and we can actually write her joke name. Anyway, the locations are amazing, and Moore has moments in this where we see the Connery Era cold blooded assassin come out of him, meanwhile the plot is still amazing and over-the-top, we have Jaws, and one of my all time favorite 007 cars ever featured. The Spy Who Loved Me is one of the epic Bond movies, it is the Best Roger Moore Era 007, and one of the films that should be on everyone's Top 10 007 film lists.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Jun 22, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

Not my favourite outing for "James Bond" this one, perhaps because the opening snow-scape scenes rely too heavily on green screen - maybe Roger Moore didn't like skiing, or just couldn't get insured - but in any case he certainly never left Pinewood for the first ten minutes here. It then leads into one of the more preposterous stories in which he must team up with the glamorous Soviet agent "Amasova" (Barbara Bach) to track down what has happened to two nuclear submarines that have vanished. It's got the usual travelogue elements - we go via Austria, to Egypt before the high seas where we encounter a sort of ecological megalomaniac in "Stromberg" (Curt Jürgens) who is trying to initiate global armageddon so he can live in his city under the sea. To help him achieve his goals, he has engaged the services of toothy strongman "Jaws" (Richard Kiel) who soon presents the couple with some perilous scenarios as they, of course, start to fall for each other. There is a distinct paucity of gadgets in this film, save for the submersible Lotus; the humour is a bit on the tacky side and I felt that the whole thing dragged a bit towards the end. Jürgens does just enough to get by but is hardly menacing; quite how Bach remains contained in her frock towards the end is astonishing and the denouement, though offering plenty of pyrotechnics, was rather rushed and a bit flat. It's OK, this film - but, sadly, nothing more than that.

John Chard

John Chard

Aug 6, 2019 · via TMDB

★ 9.0

Commander James Bond, recruited to the British Secret Service from the Royal Navy. License to kill and has done so on numerous occasions. The Spy Who Loved Me is directed by Lewis Gilbert and adapted to screenplay by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum from the novel written by Ian Fleming. It stars Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens, Richard Kiel and Walter Gotell. Music is scored by Marvin Hamlisch and cinematography by Claude Renoir. Bond 10. Allied and Soviet nuclear submarines are mysteriously disappearing from the waters and causing friction between the nations. MI6 and the KGB have a notion that a third party is responsible and stirring up trouble for their own nefarious means. 007 is partnered with Soviet spy Major Anya Amasova (Agent XXX) and the pair are tasked with getting to the bottom of the plot before the crisis escalates. During the whole run of the James Bond franchise there have been a few occasions when it was felt it had run out of steam. 1977 and on the back of the mediocre reception and by Bond standards the poor box office return of The Man with the Golden Gun, now was one such time. With producer Albert Broccoli striking out on his own, the stakes were high, but with a determined vision forming in his head and a near $14 million budget to work from courtesy of United Artists, Broccoli went big, and it worked magnificently. The Spy Who Loved Me is Moore's best Bond film, not necessarily his best Bond performance, but as a movie it's near faultless, it gets all the main ingredients right. Gadgets and humour were previously uneasy accompaniments to James Bond as a man, but here they serve to enhance his persona, never taking away his tough bastard edge. The suspense and high drama is back, for the first time in a Roger Moore Bond film things are played right, we don't think we are watching an action comedy, but an action adventure movie, what little lines of humour are here are subtle, not overt and taking away from the dramatic thrust. For production value it's one of the best. Brocoli instructed the great Ken Adam to go build the 007 Stage at Pinewood so as to achieve their vision for The Spy Who Loved Me. At the time it became the biggest sound stage in the world. With such space to work from, Adam excels himself to produce the interior of the Liparus Supertanker, the home for a brilliant battle in the final quarter. Vehicles feature prominently, the amphibious Lotus Esprit moved quickly into Bond folklore, rocket firing bikes and mini-subs, helicopter, speedboat, escape pod, wet-bike and on it goes. Then there's Stromberg's Atlantis home, a wonderfully War of the Worlds type design for the outer, an underwater aquarium for the inner. Glorious locations are key, also, Egypt, Sardinia, Scotland and the Bahamas are colourful treats courtesy of Renoir's photography. Underwater scenes also grabbing the attention with some conviction. The film also features a great cast that are led by a handsome, and in great shape, Moore. Barbara Bach (Triple X) is not only one of the most beautiful Bond girls ever, she's expertly portraying a femme of substance, intelligent, brave and committed to the cause, she is very much an equal to Bond, and we like that. The accent may be a shaky, but it's forgivable when judging Bach's impact on the picture. Jurgens as Stromberg is a witty villain, but he oozes despotic badness, sitting there in his underwater lair deliciously planning to start a new underwater world. Kiel as Jaws, the man with metal teeth, he too moved into Bond folklore, a scary creation clinically realised by the hulking Kiel. Gotell as Gogol is a presence and Caroline Munro as Naomi is memorable, while Bernard Lee's M and Desmond Llewelyn's Q get wonderful scenes of worth. They forgot to give poor Moneypenney something to chew on, but in the main it comes over that the makers were reawakened to what made Bond films great in the first place. There's even a candidate for best title song as well, Nobody Does it Better, delivered so magically by Carly Simon. The grand vision paid off, handsomely. It raked in just over $185 million at the world box office, some $87 million more than The Man with the Golden Gun. Not bad considering it was up against a record breaking Star Wars. Critics and fans, too, were pleased. It's not perfect. It's ironic that director Lewis Gilbert returned for his second Bond assignment, because this does feel like a rehash of his first, You Only Live Twice, only bigger and better. Hamlisch underscores it at times and John Barry's absence is felt there. While if we are being particularly harsh? Then Stromberg could perhaps have been a more pro-active villain? He makes a telling mark, we know he's a mad dastard, but he only really sits around giving orders and pushing death dealing buttons. But small complaints that fail to stop this Bond from being one of the best. Hey, we even get an acknowledgement that Bond was once married, and the response from Bond is respectful to that dramatic part of his past. 9/10

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Cast 48
Roger Moore

Roger Moore

James Bond

Barbara Bach

Barbara Bach

Major Anya Amasova

Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

Karl Stromberg

Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel

Jaws

Caroline Munro

Caroline Munro

Naomi

Walter Gotell

Walter Gotell

General Anatol Gogol

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Sir Frederick Gray

Bernard Lee

Bernard Lee

M

George Baker

George Baker

Captain Benson

Michael Billington

Michael Billington

Sergei Barsov

Desmond Llewelyn

Desmond Llewelyn

Q

Edward de Souza

Edward de Souza

Sheik Hosein

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Max Kalba

Valerie Leon

Valerie Leon

Hotel Recepcionist

Lois Maxwell

Lois Maxwell

Miss Moneypenny

Sydney Tafler

Sydney Tafler

Liparus Captain

Nadim Sawalha

Nadim Sawalha

Aziz Fekkesh

Sue Vanner

Sue Vanner

Log Cabin Girl

Eva Rueber-Staier

Eva Rueber-Staier

Rublevich

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Admiral Hargreaves

Milton Reid

Milton Reid

Sandor

Cyril Shaps

Cyril Shaps

Dr. Bechmann

Milo Sperber

Milo Sperber

Prof. Markovitz

Albert Moses

Albert Moses

Barman

Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer

Cmdr. Carter

Bob Sherman

Bob Sherman

USS Wayne Crewman

Peter Whitman

Peter Whitman

USS Wayne Crewman

Ray Hassett

Ray Hassett

USS Wayne Crewman

Vincent Marzello

Vincent Marzello

USS Wayne Crewman

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell

USS Wayne Crewman

Anthony Forrest

Anthony Forrest

USS Wayne Crewman

Garrick Hagon

Garrick Hagon

USS Wayne Crewman

George Mallaby

George Mallaby

USS Wayne Crewman

Bryan Marshall

Bryan Marshall

Cmdr. Talbot

Barry Andrews

Barry Andrews

HMS Ranger Crewman

Kevin McNally

Kevin McNally

HMS Ranger Crewman

Jeremy Bulloch

Jeremy Bulloch

HMS Ranger Crewman

Dennis Blanch

Dennis Blanch

HMS Ranger Crewman

Keith Buckley

Keith Buckley

HMS Ranger Crewman

Nick Ellsworth

Nick Ellsworth

HMS Ranger Crewman

John Salthouse

John Salthouse

HMS Ranger Crewman

George Roubicek

George Roubicek

Stromberg One Captain

Irvin Allen

Irvin Allen

Stromberg Crew

Yashaw Adem

Yashaw Adem

Stromberg Crew

Barbara Jefford

Barbara Jefford

Naomi (voice) (uncredited)

Bob Simmons

Bob Simmons

KGB Thug #2 (uncredited)

Michael G. Wilson

Michael G. Wilson

Man in the Audience at the Pyramid Theatre (uncredited)

Vincent Wong

Vincent Wong

Liparus Guard (uncredited)

Crew 19
Peter Lamont

Peter Lamont

Art Direction

Maurice Binder

Maurice Binder

Main Title Designer

Ken Adam

Ken Adam

Production Design

Alec Mills

Alec Mills

Camera Operator

Claude Renoir

Claude Renoir

Director of Photography

Bob Simmons

Bob Simmons

Stunt Double

Eddie Powell

Eddie Powell

Stunts

Greg Powell

Greg Powell

Stunts

Willy Bogner

Willy Bogner

Action Director

Lewis Gilbert

Lewis Gilbert

Director

John Glen

John Glen

Second Unit Director

John Glen

John Glen

Editor

Albert R. Broccoli

Albert R. Broccoli

Producer

Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch

Original Music Composer

Carly Simon

Carly Simon

Theme Song Performance

Derek Meddings

Derek Meddings

Visual Effects Director

Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming

Novel

Christopher Wood

Christopher Wood

Screenplay

Richard Maibaum

Richard Maibaum

Screenplay

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Aug 3, 1977

PG Theatrical

Sep 13, 1998

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