LIN, COLONEL WAI

Chinese secret agent and martial arts expert portrayed by Michelle Yeoh in Tomorrow Never Dies. Using her cover as a reporter for the New China News Agency she meets another undercover operative, James Bond.

SALTZMAN, HARRY

Energetic Canadian producer, long in England, who coproduced the first nine James Bond films with Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Saltzman was only two years old when his father, a Canadian flower grower, moved his family to New York City.

ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE CHRISTMAS IN TURKEY

One of James Bond’s (PIERCE BROSNAN) groaning “Christmas” jokes, uttered while he’s in bed with the eponymous nuclear physicist Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough.

HYPER-INTENSIFIED MAGNETIC FIELD

A special feature of James Bond’s (ROGER MOORE) watch in Live and Let Die that is very handy for attracting bullets or teaspoons.

ASTON MARTIN V12 VANQUISH

From Q Branch comes this latest tricked-out sports car package, driven by James Bond (PIERCE BROSNAN) in Die Another Day. During the film, it’s put to the ultimate test

ADAM, KEN

Colorful, innovative British production designer who, and starting with Dr. No in 1962, gave the interior sequences he designed a vibrant, exciting style and look that would become the hallmark of the James Bond series for nearly three decades.

BOURBON AND WATER, NO ICE

James Bond's (ROGER MOORE) drink order in Harlem’s Fillet of Soul nightclub in Live and Let Die.

“I ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE, MISS . . . ?”

The first line of dialogue spoken by James Bond in Dr. No—and thus his first line in Eon Productions’ 007 series as a whole. It is delivered by Sean Connery at a baccarat table to actress Eunice Gayson, portraying playgirl Sylvia Trench

WARMFLASH, DR. MOLLY

 British Secret Service medical officer, portrayed by Serena Scott Thomas, who attends to James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) in The World Is Not Enough. Unlike the Brosnan era’s Miss Moneypenny (Samantha Bond), who’s more realistic about 007’s romantic loyalties than her predecessors in the role, Warmflash has a real thing for 007.

FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY

A U.S. Army base protecting the gold repository of the United States, where, in 1964, $15 billion in gold bullion was stored. It is named after General Henry Knox, America’s first Secretary of War. Major plot location in the James Bond movie, Goldfinger.

ENCO

Brand of South American gasoline being sold at the tiny Mom and Pop roadside station visited by James Bond (ROGER MOORE) in his Acrostar mini-jet in the Octopussy teaser.

VASSAR

In Moonraker, it's where Dr. Holly Goodhead (LOIS CHILES) tells James Bond (ROGER MOORE) she went to college. It's also where she learned to fight.

MITSOUKO

Actress of European and Japanese descent, briefly active in films and television, who portrayed Mademoiselle LaPorte, French contact to James Bond (Sean Connery) in the Thunderball pre-credits teaser.

EON PRODUCTIONS LTD.

The production company that has produced the James Bond movies since 1962. It’s actually an acronym that stands for “Everything or Nothing.”

MOJABA CLUB

Cairo nightclub run by black-market trader Max Kalba (VERNON DOBTCHEFF) in The Spy Who Loved Me. James Bond (ROGER MOORE) and KGB Major Anya Amasova (BARBARA BACH) go there to find a nuclear-

IRISH BAYOU

According to the Louisiana State Police, led by Sheriff J. W. Pepper (CLIFTON JAMES), this is James Bond’s (ROGER MOORE) destination during the motorboat chase in Live and Let Die.

MONEYPENNY’S DAUGHTER

Sir James Bond’s (DAVID NIVEN) secretary, portrayed by Barbara Bouchet, in Casino Royale. The new Miss Moneypenny was working for the late M (JOHN HUSTON), whose job Bond has assumed. Having failed to seduce Bond after all those years, her mother

MONEYPENNY, MISS

M’s efficient, love-starved secretary, one of 007’s most ardent admirers, portrayed solidly by Canadian actress Lois Maxwell in the first fourteen James Bond films from Eon Productions. Caroline Bliss took over the role in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill.

SANS SOUCI

The hotel in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, that housed the crew during the filming of Dr. No, and also served as the exterior location for the cottage in the Blue Mountains where Miss Taro (Zena Marshall) lures James Bond (Sean Connery).

EXPLOSIVE GROUSE

Bomb-laden mechanical birds used by female agents of Dr. Noah (WOODY ALLEN) to assassinate Sir James Bond (DAVID NIVEN) in Casino Royale. They're attracted to a magnetic homing device in one of Bond's buttons.

SANCHEZ, FRANZ

Ruthless South American drug lord portrayed effectively by Robert Davi in Licence to Kill. Sanchez crosses paths with James Bond (Timothy Dalton) when he decides to sneak back into the US and confront his girlfriend, Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto), who is having an illicit affair in Key West, Florida.

DUCK INN

A seventeenth-century pub near Canterbury, England, that was a favorite watering hole of Bond author Ian Fleming, who lived nearby. It was featured in the book Moonraker and inspired Fleming to give James Bond his famous numerical designation.

BRANDT, HELGA

Female nemesis of James Bond (Sean Connery) in You Only Live Twice, portrayed by German beauty Karin Dor. Posing as the confidential secretary of Mr. Osato (Teru Shimada), the spectacularly built Brandt is in reality a SPECTRE agent.

VICTORIA CROSS

Britain's highest military honor, a bronze Maltese cross. According to Casino Royale, this cross was won by Sir James Bond (DAVID NIVEN) at the Battle of Mafeking in the Boer War.

IVAN AND BORIS

KGB Major Anya Amasova's (BARBARA BACH) Cairo assistants in The Spy Who Loved Me. During a scuffle outside the tomb of Cheops, they're overmatched by James Bond (ROGER MOORE).

GOLDENEYE

The nickname of author Ian Fleming’s beachfront vacation home in Jamaica—where, between 1952 and 1964, he wrote his James Bond novels and short stories. The movie GoldenEye borrowed the term as the code name for a secret, space-based Russian weapons system.

A VIEW TO A KILL (United Artists, 1985)

The fourteenth James Bond film produced by Albert R. Broccoli. US release date: May 24, 1985. Budget: $30 million. Worldwide box office gross: $152.6 million

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (United Artists, 1967)

The fifth James Bond film produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. US release date: June 13, 1967. Budget: $9.5 million. Worldwide box office gross: $111.6 million

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