TARANTULA

Huge spider used unsuccessfully by Professor Dent (Anthony Dawson) to assassinate James Bond (Sean Connery) in Dr. No. Sweating out the insect’s agonizingly slow crawl up his body, Bond waits for it to momentarily rest on a pillow, then dives off the bed, grabs his shoe, and pounds the spider to pulp.

DEAUVILLE CASINO

Where Clarence Leiter (MICHAEL PATE) claims he first saw the card-playing skills of James Bond (BARRY NELSON), in the TV film "Casino Royale." Reminiscing at the baccara

GOODTHIGHS, MISS GIOVANA

Enemy agent, portrayed by Jacqueline Bisset, who slips mild-mannered Evelyn Tremble/James Bond (PETER SELLERS) a Mickey Finn in Casino Royale. She's later iced by Vesper Lynd (URSULA ANDRESS).

WHEATLEY, THOMAS

British actor who portrayed Saunders, the British Secret Service section chief in Austria who helps James Bond (TIMOTHY DALTON), in The Living Daylights.

GOTELL, WALTER

German-born character actor, long in Great Britain, who rose in rank throughout the James Bond series. Born in Bonn, Gotell started out as SPECTRE tactical chief Morzeny in From Russia with Love; he was promoted to the role of the KGB’s General Gogol in The Spy Who Loved Me

LITTLE NELLIE

The amazing portable autogyro (mini-helicopter) designed by Wing Commander Kenneth H. Wallis and flown by James Bond (Sean Connery) in You Only Live Twice. In the film, it’s transported to Tokyo by Q (Desmond Llewelyn) in four suitcases

TART’S HANDKERCHIEF

The phrase that James Bond (SEAN CONNERY) uses to describe the scent of Mr. Wint’s (BRUCE GLOVER) aftershave, in Diamonds Are Forever.

DEBUSSY

French composer whose work is a favorite of Sir James Bond (DAVID NIVEN) in Casino Royale. Retired and living in rural England, Bond spends

GRACE, MARTIN

Top Irish stunt coordinator who arranged the action sequences on A View to a Kill and who had doubled Roger Moore on the previous five James Bond movies, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, and Octopussy.

COOPER, TERENCE

Handsome Irish actor who portrayed Cooper, the A.F.S.D. who became James Bond in Casino Royale.

SCIARRA, MARCO

Italian terrorist leader and SPECTRE operative, portrayed by Alessandro Cremona, who is tracked down by James Bond in Mexico City and killed during an exciting helicopter chase above the city’s Day of the Dead festivities in Spectre.

LIVE AND LET DIE (United Artists, 1973)

The eighth James Bond film produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. US release date: June 27, 1973. Budget: $7 million. Worldwide box office gross: $161.8 million

TARZAN’S YELL

The call of the famous ape-man, imitated expertly by James Bond (ROGER MOORE) during his vine-swinging escape from Kamal Khan's (LOUIS JOURDAN) army of trackers in Octopussy. Practically unknown in the early films of the series,

WHITE CAT, THE

Pet of SPECTRE chief Ernst Stavro Blofeld throughout the James Bond series. Introduced in From Russia with Love, the animal sits on the lap of Blofeld, whose face we never see.

TAURUS PT92

A 9mm, sixteen-round Brazilian handgun, a copy of the Italian Beretta, used by James Bond (Timothy Dalton) in the pre-credits teaser of Licence to Kill.

WHITTINGHAM, JACK

British screenwriter who in 1959 collaborated with producer Kevin McClory and author Ian Fleming on an abortive James Bond film project. When the project fell apart and Fleming published the novel Thunderball based on their work without permission, Whittingham joined McClory in a major lawsuit against Fleming, which they won in 1963.

BROADCHEST, MISS STEPHANIE

The comical cover name that James Bond (Daniel Craig) gives to Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in Casino Royale. Needless to say, she doesn’t see the humor.

GRAY, FREDERICK

England’s stalwart Minister of Defense, portrayed by actor Geoffrey Keen, who has become a running character in the James Bond series since The Spy Who Loved Me. Along with M, Q, and any other expert

LLEWELYN, DESMOND

Tall, silver-haired Welsh character actor who effectively portrayed Q (a.k.a. Major Boothroyd), the long-suffering British Secret Service equipment officer. Llewelyn appeared in every James Bond film produced by United Artists from 1963 to 1995, except for Live and Let Die.

PLIERS

Crude torture device used by an associate of Soviet masterspy Le Chiffre (PETER LORRE) on captured James Bond's (BARRY NELSON) toes in the TV film "Casino Royale" Le Chiffre needs to know what Bond has done with

GREEN FIGS, YOGURT, COFFEE, VERY BLACK

James Bond's (SEAN CONNERY), uh, very appetizing breakfast selection made on the night he returns to the bridal suite from Krilencu's (FRED HAGGERTY) assassination

DEMOLITION DEAL

James Bond's (GEORGE LAZENBY) code phrase for the early-morning helicopter assault on Piz Gloria and Ernst Stavro Blofeld (TELLY SAVALAS) in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. The phrase is

LOCKHEED JETSTAR

Type of private jet owned by Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) in the movie of the same name. Piloted by Miss Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), it transports a tranquilized James Bond (Sean Connery) from Switzerland to Friendship Airport, Baltimore,

COUSIN PAM

How James Bond (TIMOTHY DALTON) introduces CIA agent Pam Bouvier (CAREY LOWELL) to Q (DESMOND LLEWELYN) in Licence to Kill. For purposes

LOCQUE, EMILE LEOPOLD

Aris Kristatos's (JULIAN GLOVER) murderous henchman, portrayed by Michael Gothard, in For Your Eyes Only. James Bond (ROGER MOORE) first sees him at Gonzales's (STEFAN KALIPHA) villa outside Madrid—with the payoff money for the Havelock murders.

WILL YOU MARRY ME?

Dramatic proposal uttered by James Bond (GEORGE LAZENBY) to Teresa de Vicenzo (DIANA RIGG) in the sixth 007 adventure, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It is the only time that James Bond has proposed in the series.

THAT’S A CHARMING TUNE. YOU DO TAKE ENGLISH MONEY?

First phrase of the British Secret Service recognition code, spoken by James Bond (ROGER MOORE) to Vijay (VIJAY AMRITRAJ) when they meet in a New Delhi street market in Octopussy. Vijay replies, "Only gold sovereigns."

WILSON, MICHAEL G.

American writer/producer, the stepson of Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, who has been involved almost exclusively in the production of the James Bond films since The Spy Who Loved Me in 1976. After the departure of Broccoli’s producing partner Harry Saltzman in 1975,

COMBINED INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

A fictional CIA-type organization that employs James Bond (Barry Nelson) in the CBS live TV adaptation of Casino Royale.

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