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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1977 DVD Release: 03/31/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Spy Film, Action, Action Thriller, Romantic Adventure, Glamorized Spy Film See Also: The Spy Who Loved Me [Special Edition], The Spy Who Loved Me [Widescreen]

Though not Ian Fleming's most famous James Bond novel, 1962's The Spy Who Loved Me was distinguished by the unique device of telling the story from the heroine's point of view; in fact, Bond doesn't make an appearance until the book is two-thirds over. This would hardly work in the film world's Bond franchise, so the original austere plotline of the novel was eschewed altogether in favor of a labyrinthine story involving outer-space extortion. The leading lady, a "hard-luck kid" in the original, is now sexy Russian secret agent Barbara Bach, who joins forces with Bond (Roger Moore, making his third appearance as 007) to foil yet another megalomaniac villain (Curt Jurgens), who plans to threaten New York City with nuclear weaponry. Beyond the eye-popping opening ski-jump sequence, the film's best scenes involve seven-foot-two Richard Kiel as steel-toothed henchman Jaws. Fifteen scriptwriters worked on The Spy Who Loved Me; only two were credited, including Bond-film veteran Richard Maibaum. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Roger Moore - James Bond
Barbara Bach - Maj. Anya Amasova
Curd Jürgens - Stromberg
Richard Kiel - Jaws
Caroline Munro - Naomi

Though not Ian Fleming's most famous James Bond novel, 1962's The Spy Who Loved Me was distinguished by the unique device of telling the story from the heroine's point of view; in fact, Bond doesn't make an appearance until the story is two-thirds over. This would hardly work in the film world's Bond franchise, so the original austere plotline of the novel was eschewed in favor of a labyrinthine story involving outer-space extortion. The leading lady, a "hard-luck kid" in the original, is now sexy Russian secret agent Barbara Bach, who joins forces with Bond (Roger Moore, making his third appearance as 007) to foil yet another megalomaniac villain (Curt Jurgens), who plans to threaten New York City with nuclear weaponry. Beyond the eye-popping opening ski-jump sequence, the film's best scenes involve 7' 2" Richard Kiel as steel-toothed henchman "Jaws." Fifteen scriptwriters worked on The Spy Who Loved Me; only two were credited, including Bond film veteran Richard Maibaum. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide