007 MAGAZINE | Fact Files | Live And Let Die (1973)



Date of release:	First public screening 27th June 1973, USA. Royal Charity Premiere 5th July 1973 ODEON Leicester Square, London.
Running Time:	121 minutes
James Bond:	Roger Moore
Plot:	Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big and his ‘voodoo’ henchmen plan to flood the US drugs market with free Heroin, thereby eliminating all competition and increasing the number of drugs users, from which they intend to reap a rich harvest.
Bond’s Women:	Solitaire (Jane Seymour) Miss Caruso (Madeline Smith)
Bond’s Enemies:	Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto) Tee Hee (Julius W. Harris) Baron Samedi (Geoffrey Holder) Rosie Carver [CIA double agent] (Gloria Hendry) Whisper (Earl Jolly Brown) Adam (Tommy Lane) Cab Driver 1 (Arnold Williams)
Bond’s Allies:	Felix Leiter (David Hedison) Quarrel Jr. (Roy Stewart) M (Bernard Lee) Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell) [Q (Desmond Llewelyn) does not appear in this film] Sheriff J. W. Pepper (Clifton James) [an ally – however unwittingly!]
Bond’s Car:	AEC Double-Decker Bus
Bond’s Gadget:	Rolex watch with magnetic field and rotating saw-edged bezel
Main Title Music:	‘Live And Let Die’ performed by Paul McCartney and Wings
Performance featured within the film:	‘Live And Let Die’ sung B.J. Arnau
End Title Music:	‘Live And Let Die’ performed by Paul McCartney and Wings
Music Score:	George Martin
Production Designer:	Syd Cain
Art Direction:	Robert W. Laing Peter Lamont
Special Effects:	Derek Meddings
Main Titles Designer:	Maurice Binder
Costume Designer:	Julie Harris
Stunt Coordinators:	Bob Simmons, Bill Bennet, Joie Chitwood, Jerry Comeaux, Ross Kananga & Eddie Smith
Editors:	Bert Bates, Raymond Poulton & John Shirley
Screenplay:	Tom Mankiewicz
Director of Photography:	Ted Moore
Director:	Guy Hamilton
Producers:	Harry Saltzman & Albert R. Broccoli The listing shown is contractual for the Eastern Hemisphere and is reversed for the Western Hemisphere.*
End Credit:	THE END of LIVE AND LET DIE James Bond will return in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

James Bond (Roger Moore)

Gunbarrel (Roger Moore)

Gun barrel (Roger Moore)

LIVE AND LET DIE TITLE SCREEN

Live And Let Die title screen

AEC Double-Decker Bus

AEC Double-Decker Bus

Rolex watch with magnetic field and rotating saw-edged bezel

Sheriff J. W. Pepper
(Clifton James)

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JAMES BOND
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