The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) starring Roger Moore as 007

By: Anders Frejdh

Published:
2004-09-06

US one-sheet poster for The Spy Who Loved Me 1977

Swedish poster for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Megalomaniac Karl Stromberg plans to obliterate mankind from the surface of the Earth and build a new undersea kingdom of which he will be supreme ruler. After destroying New York and Moscow with missiles from captured American and Russian submarines, Stromberg is assured global destruction will follow.

The trailer for The Spy Who Loved Me starring Roger Moore as Ian Fleming's 007:

Premiere:

1977-07-07

Swedish title:

Älskade spion

Original title:

The Spy Who Loved Me

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Second unit director:

Ernie Day och John Glen

Screenwriter(s):

Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum

Year:

1977

Release dates:

17 September 1977 (Sweden)
7 July 1977 (UK)
13 July 1977 (USA)

Plot outline:

Awards:

N/A

MPAA:

Runtime:

125 minutes

Promotional partners:

N/A

Filming locations:

Bahamas, Canada (Asgard, Baffin Island), Egypt, Malta, Japan (Okinawa), Italy (Sardinia), Scotland, Switzerland, and Pinewood Studios (England)

Film company:

United Artists (UA)

Production budget:

13 Million USD

Sweden Box-office:

14 388 740 SEK according to the Swedish Film Institute

UK Box-office:

N/A

US Box-office:

47 Million USD accoding to Box Office Mojo

Worldwide Box-office:

185 Million USD (Source: The Numbers)

Actors:

Albert Moses as bartender
Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova
Bernard Lee as M
Caroline Munro as Naomi
Christopher Muncke as USS Wayne Crewman
Curt Jürgens as Karl Stromberg
Desmond Llewelyn as Q
Edward de Souza as Sheikh Hosein
Garrick Hagon as USS Wayne Crewman
Geoffrey Keen as Minister of Defence
George Baker as Captain Benson
Jeremy Bulloch as HMS crew man
Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
Marilyn Galsworthy as Stromberg's Secretary
Michael Billington as Sergei
Richard Kiel as Jaws
Roger Moore as James Bond
Valerie Leon as Hotel Receptionist
Vernon Dobtcheff as Max Kalba
Walter Gotell as General Gogol

The Spy Who Loved Me UK quad poster

Producers:

Albert R. Broccoli (producer)
William P. Cartlidge (associate producer)

Music:

Marvin Hamlish (film soundtrack composer)
Monty Norman (composer of the James Bond theme)
Carly Simon (singer of the title song)

Cintematograper:

Claude Renoir (Director of Photography)

Film editor:

John Glen

Casting:

Maude Spector and Weston Drury Jr

Production desginer:

Ken Adam

Sound designer(s):

Allan Sones (Dubbing Editor)

Costume desginer(s):

Rosemary Burrows (Wardrobe Supervisor)

Stills photographer:

Bob Penn

Title designer(s):

Maurice Binder

Second unit director:

Stunt team:

Action Sequences Arranged By: Bob Simmons
Ski Sequences Supervisor: Willy Bogner
Helicopter Pilots: John Crewdson, Roger Osborne, Marc Wolff

Key Stunt Performer:
Opening Ski Jump: Rick Sylvester

Stunt Doubles:
For Barbara Bach: Dorothy Anne Ford (at studio)

For Richard Kiel:
Martin Grace (Desert)
Bob Simmons (Thru window on train)

For Roger Moore:
John Eaves (Skiing)
Martin Grace (Egypt/building construction)
George Leech (Driving)
Rick Sylvester (Ski Jump)

Other Stunt Performers:
Bill Cummings
Bill Weston
Billy Horrigan
Chris Webb
Colin Skeaping
David Brandon
Doug Robinson
Eddie Eddon
Eddie Powell
Fred Haggerty
Gerry Crampton
Greg Powell
Jack Cooper (shooter in car during car chase)
Jazzer Jeyes
Jim Dowdall
Jimmy Lodge
Ken Shepherd
Marc Boyle
Mark McBride
Nick Gillard
Nick Hobbs
Paul Weston
Reg Harding
Richard Graydon
Roy Alon
Roy Scammell
Roy Street
Terence Maidment
Terry Plummer
Tim Condren
Tony Smart

Special effects:

Chris Corbould (Special effects assistant)

Visual effects:

Derek Meddings (Special visual effects)

Distributor in Sweden:

United Artists AB

More information:

>40th Anniversary of the film in 2017

>Buy the soundtrack from THE SPY WHO LOVED ME on CD

>Buy the Swedish poster for THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

Tags:

#lewis_gilbert

#roger_moore_james_bond_films

#the_spy_who_loved_me

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