Octopussy (1983)
1983 John Glen Bond film with Moore in India. Maud Adams as Octopussy, jewel-smuggling circus train, Soviet nuclear plot.
Berlin1983 John Glen Bond film with Moore in India. Maud Adams as Octopussy, jewel-smuggling circus train, Soviet nuclear plot.
Bahamas1981 John Glen Bond film with Moore. Greek Mediterranean setting, ATAC recovery mission, return to grounded espionage after Moonraker.
CaliforniaA View to a Kill is John Glen's 1985 British spy film. The work represents Moore's final Bond appearance at age fifty-seven and the weakest late Moore Bond entry.
China1974 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Moore facing Christopher Lee's Scaramanga. Far East setting, energy-crisis MacGuffin, solar weapon.
Bahamas1977 Lewis Gilbert Bond film with Moore teamed with Soviet agent Barbara Bach against Stromberg. The Spy Who Loved Me is Lewis Gilbert's 1977 British spy film.
California1979 Lewis Gilbert Bond film with Moore in space. Drax's orbital station, space-shuttle laser battle, post-Star Wars opportunism.
Austria2015 Sam Mendes Bond film with Craig. Christoph Waltz as Oberhauser-Blofeld, attempted retroactive franchise unification.
Louisiana1973 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Roger Moore's debut. Voodoo, blaxploitation tropes, Jane Seymour as Solitaire.
Bahamas1967 Lewis Gilbert Bond film with Connery in Japan facing Blofeld in a hollow volcano. You Only Live Twice is Lewis Gilbert's 1967 British spy film loosely adapting Ian Fleming's 1964 novel.
Pinewood Studios1969 Peter Hunt Bond film with George Lazenby's single outing. Hunt's 1969 British spy film adapting Ian Fleming's 1963 novel.
London1967 non-Eon Bond spoof with David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen. Multiple directors, chaotic production, cult oddity.
California1971 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Connery returning. Las Vegas setting, diamond smuggling, Blofeld as Howard Hughes pastiche.
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