The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) is the tenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum. The film takes its title from the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, though as Ian Fleming requested that only the title of the novel be used, the film does not contain any elements of the novel The Spy Who Loved Me.[1] The storyline involves a reclusive megalomaniac named Stromberg who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilization under the sea. Bond teams up with a Russian agent Anya Amasova to stop Stromberg.

The Spy Who Loved Me film was highly acclaimed by critics.[2] The soundtrack, composed by Marvin Hamlisch also met tremendous success. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards amidst many other nominations and subsequently novelised in 1977 by Christopher Wood as James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.

Cast

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  Roger Moore as James Bond (007): A British MI6 agent assigned to investigate the theft of two submarines.
  
• Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X): A Soviet KGB agent also investigating the theft. Her attraction to Bond is cut short when she learns he killed her lover.
  
• Curt Jürgens as Karl Stromberg: A megalomaniac planning to trigger World War III and destroy the world, then recreate a new civilization underwater.
  
• Richard Kiel as Jaws: Stromberg's henchman, afflicted with gigantism. He makes repeated attempts to kill Bond and Amasova by biting them with his metal teeth.
  
• Caroline Munro as Naomi: Stromberg's personal pilot.
  
• Bernard Lee as M: The head of MI6.
  
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny: M's secretary.
  
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q: MI6's head of research and development. He supplies Bond with unique vehicles and gadgets, most notably the Lotus Esprit that converts into a submarine.
  
• Geoffrey Keen as Fredrick Gray: The British Minister of Defence.
  
• Walter Gotell as General Gogol: The head of KGB and Anya's boss.