007 MAGAZINE | Fact Files | Octopussy (1983)



Date of release:	Royal World Charity Premiere 6th June 1983 ODEON Leicester Square, London.
Running Time:	131 minutes
James Bond:	Roger Moore
Plot:	Renegade Russian General Orlov, in order to countermand the soft line taken by his superiors in relation to the West plans, with the help of international smuggler Prince Kamal Khan, to detonate an atomic bomb on an American airbase in Germany.
Bond’s Women:	Octopussy (Maud Adams) Magda (Kristina Wayborn) Bianca (Tina Hudson)
Bond’s Enemies:	Prince Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan) General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) Gobinda (Kabir Bedi) Mischka (David Meyer) & Grischka (Anthony Meyer) Thug with Yo-Yo Saw (William Derrick) Colonel Luis Toro (Ken Norris)
Bond’s Allies:	Vijay (Vijay Amritraj) Sadruddin (Albert Moses) Jim Fanning (Douglas Wilmer) Penelope Smallbone (Michaela Clavell) Frederick Gray (Geoffrey Keen) M (Robert Brown) Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell) Q (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond’s Car:	Alfa Romeo GTV 6 Mercedes-Benz 240D [both cars are ‘borrowed’ from their owners]
Bond’s Gadget:	Seiko watch with LCD video screen
Main Title Music:	‘All Time High’ performed by Rita Coolidge
End Title Music:	‘All Time High’ performed by Rita Coolidge
Music Score:	John Barry
Production Designer:	Peter Lamont
Art Direction:	John Fenner Michael Lamont [Additional art director]
Main Title Designer:	Maurice Binder
Costume Designer:	Emma Porteous Roger Moore's tailoring by Douglas Hayward [uncredited]
Special Effects Supervisor:	John Richardson
Action Sequences Arranger:	Bob Simmons
Driving Stunts Arranger:	Remy Julienne
Supervising Editor:	John Grover
Editors:	Peter Davies & Henry Richardson
Screenplay:	George MacDonald Fraser and Richard Maibaum & Michael G. Wilson
Director of Photography:	Alan Hume
Director:	John Glen
Producers:	Albert R. Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson
End Credit:	JAMES BOND WILL RETURN IN “FROM A VIEW TO A KILL” [Released in 1985 the next film in the series was finally titled A View To A Kill]
Poster Tag-line:	“James Bond's all time high!”