For Your Eyes Only is the twelfth film in the James Bond film series star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent. Besides, For Your Eyes Only stars Julian Glover, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Carole Bouquet, and Chaim Topol.
For Your Eyes Only is produced by Albert R. Broccoli and directed by John Glen (in his directorial debut). Based on two short stories, "For Your Eyes Only" and "Risico" by Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only was written by Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson. In the film, Bond becomes entangled in a web of deception spread by Greek business rivals while trying to locate a missile command system. Along with that comes the appearance of Melina Havelock, a woman seeking revenge for her parents. Several writing elements were inspired by the novels On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Live and Let Die, and Goldfinger.
Where was "For Your Eyes Only" filmed?
In this movie, Bond must travel to many different countries, such as the Bahamas, England, Greece, and Italy. As a result, filming took place in scenes in these countries. In addition, a famous place held the 007 stage, which was also set up for filming. That's the famous Pinewood Studios.
In the helicopter scene above, Bond (Roger Moore) is tricked into a helicopter that plots to assassinate him. After the pilot is downed, a scoundrel controls the helicopter remotely. Bond used all his skills to escape and control the aircraft again. In the end, the scoundrel received the consequences when it was dropped by the helicopter itself into the chimney of the Beckton gas plant in East London.
For Your Eyes Only cast:
- Roger Moore as James Bond, MI6 agent 007
- Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock, the daughter of a marine archaeologist. He was murdered while searching for the whereabouts of ATAC.
- Topol as Milos Columbo, Kristatos' former smuggling partner, and enemy.
- Lynn-Holly Johnson as Bibi Dahl, the figure skating prodigy with a crush on Bond.
- Julian Glover as Aristotle Kristatos, a former war hero turned smuggler.
- Cassandra Harris as Lisl, Countess Von Schlaf, Columbo's mistress.
- Michael Gothard as Emile Leopold Locque, the Belgian assassin best known for his octagonal-rimmed glasses. He is an associate of Kristatos.
- Jill Bennett as Jacoba Brink, Bibi's skating coach.
- Jack Hedley as Sir Timothy Havelock, Melina's father and maritime archaeologist hired by the British Secret Service to secretly locate the wreck of the St.
- Walter Gotell as General Anatoly Gogol, head of the KGB.
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