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6.5/10 • 1.9K

1981-06-242h 8m

AdventureActionThriller

No one comes close to James Bond, 007.

A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.

Directors
John Glen
Editors
John Grover

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  1. Roger Moore

    Roger Moore

    James Bond

  2. Carole Bouquet

    Carole Bouquet

    Melina Havelock

  3. Topol

    Topol

    Milos Columbo

  4. Julian Glover

    Julian Glover

    Aristotle Kristatos

  5. Lynn-Holly Johnson

    Lynn-Holly Johnson

    Bibi Dahl

  6. Cassandra Harris

    Cassandra Harris

    Countess Lisl von Schlaf

  7. Jill Bennett

    Jill Bennett

    Jacoba Brink

  8. Michael Gothard

    Michael Gothard

    Emile Leopold Locque

  9. John Wyman

    John Wyman

    Erich Kriegler

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Wuchak

Sep 1, 2018

8/10

Bibi vs. Melina Agent 007 (Roger Moore) seeks to apprehend a lost British encryption device in order to prevent the Soviets from acquiring it as events switch from the Ionian Sea to a villa in Spain to wintery actions in Northern Italy to a Greek Island to Albania to an abandoned mountaintop monastery (Meteora, Greece). Whilst “For Your Eyes Only” (1981) tones down the excesses of the previous film “Moonraker” (1979), it still contains the requisite Bond staples & absurdities and is another strong installment in Moore’s 7-film stint (1973-1985). There are high society pool parties, mountainside car chases, ski thrills, ice skating, underwater intrigue and an exciting cliff-climbing close. Of course, there are the usual beautiful women, this time headed by grief-stricken brunette Melina (Carole Bouquet) with bubbly teen figure skater Bibi (Lynn-Holly Johnson) in second. Although some find winsome Lynn-Holly annoying as curvy Bibi, she’s a highlight of the film and one of the best ‘Bond girls’ in the franchise IMHO. Plus her naïve, spirited disposition works as a necessary counterpoint to Melina’s comatose solemnity. James’ line to Bibi is priceless: “Well, you get your clothes on and I'll buy you an ice cream.” Johnson, incidentally was 21-22 during shooting while her character was around 16-17. The film runs 2 hours, 7 minutes. GRADE: A-

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$28,000,000.00
Revenue
$195,300,000.00
Keywords
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