After agent 009 is found dead at the British Embassy in East Berlin dressed as a clown and carrying a Fabergé egg that turns out to be fake, James Bond is ordered to investigate.
After a bidding war at auction in London against an exiled Afghan prince, Kamal Khan, 007 finds himself travelling to India to investigate Khan further.
Here he is introduced to the mysterious Octopussy, who tells Bond that Khan is being supplied priceless Soviet treasures by a renegade general who is replaceing them with fakes.
After escaping an assassination attempt, Bond heads for East Germany where he finds the stakes are far higher than mere Soviet art treasures and the renegade Russian generals real intentions.
What we say
Another disastrous outing for 007; the plot is confused, the villain is weak and Moore is getting just too old for the role. But, to cap it all, James Bond dresses as a clown!
Locations
Original release
Premiere: 6th June 1983 at the Odeon Leicester Square
US: 10th June 1983
Principal crew
| Director | John Glen |
| Screenplay | George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum & Michael G Wilson |
| Producer | Albert R Broccoli |
| Music | John Barry |
| Editor | Peter Davies & Henry Richardson |
| Production Design | Peter Lamont |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
Cast
| Roger Moore | James Bond |
| Maud Adams | Octopussy |
| Louis Jourdan | Kamal Khan |
| Kristina Wayborn | Magda |
| Kabir Bedi | Gobinda |
| Steven Berkoff | Gen. Orlov |
| David Meyer | Twin One |
| Tony Meyer | Twin Two |
| Desmond Llewelyn | Q |
| Robert Brown | M |
| Lois Maxwell | Miss Moneypenny |
| Michaela Clavell | Penelope Smallbone |
| Walter Gotell | Gogol |
| Vijay Amritraj | Vijay |
| Albert Moses | Sadruddin |
| Geoffrey Keen | Minister of Defence |
| Douglas Wilmer | Jim Fanning |
| Andy Bradford | 009 |
| Philip Voss | Auctioneer |
| Bruce Boa | U.S. General |
| Richard LeParmentier | U.S. Aide |
| Paul Hardwick | Soviet Chairman |
| Suzanne Jerome | Gwendoline |
| Cherry Gillespie | Midge |
| Dermot Crowley | Kamp |
| Peter Porteous | Lenkin |
| Eva Reuber-Staier | Rublevitch |
| Jeremy Bulloch | Smithers |
| Tina Hudson | Bianca |
| William Derrick | Thug with Yo-yo |
| Stuart Saunders | Major Clive |
| Patrick Barr | British Ambassador |
| Gabor Vernon | Borchoi |
| Hugo Bower | Karl |
| Ken Norris | Colonel Toro |
| Tony Arjuna | Mufti |
| Gertan Klauber | Bubi |
| Brenda Cowling | Schatzi |
| David Grahame | Petrol Pump Attendant |
| Brian Coburn | South American V.I.P. |
| Michael Halphie | South American Officer |
| Susanne Dando | Gymnast Supervisor |
| Roberto Germains | Ringmaster |
| Richard Graydon | Francisco the Fearless |
Drinks
- Champagne
- Vodka martini
Cars
Mercedes-Benz 250SE (1963)
Quotes
- “Spend the money quickly, Mister Bond.”
Poster Art
Buy a Octopussy poster
or print.
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