The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | UK Lobby Card

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) is the tenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as secret agent James Bond. Curd Jürgens and Barbara Bach co-star. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum.

The film takes its title from Ian Fleming’s novel The Spy Who Loved Me, the tenth book in the James Bond series, though it does not contain any elements of the novel’s plot. The storyline involves a reclusive megalomaniac named Karl Stromberg, who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilisation under the sea. Bond teams up with a Russian agent, Anya Amasova, to stop Stromberg.

The storyline is based around a shipping magnate, called Karl Stromberg, who has employed two brilliant scientists to develop a submarine tracking system. Once it is finished, he assures them of multimillion-dollar payouts to their Swiss bank accounts, but not before ruthlessly murdering his young assistant by dumping her into a tank inhabited by a man-eating tiger shark. Shortly afterward, British & Soviet submarines vanish while on routine moves, and Bond is called into action. Also called to duty is his Soviet counterpart, Major Anya Amasova. Though they are initially working against each other, the British Secret Service & KGB begin to work together to find the microfilm contains the tracking system. Bond & Anya must deal with Stromberg’s goons who have been ordered to eliminate anyone who comes into contact with the microfilm. One of these is Jaws, a 7′ towering Goliath with metal teeth. When a U.S. submarine is also hijacked, Bond & Anya must move quickly to avert World War 3, which Stromberg is hoping to start…

The Spy Who Loved Me was shot on location in Egypt (Cairo and Luxor) and Italy (Costa Smeralda, Sardinia), with the underwater scenes filmed in the Bahamas (Nassau). A new soundstage was built at Pinewood Studios for the massive set which depicted the interior of a supertanker. The Spy Who Loved Me was well-received by critics as was the soundtrack composed by Marvin Hamlisch. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards amid many other nominations and novelised in 1977 by Christopher Wood as James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.

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