AFSD

Contributed by: The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopedia by Steven Jay Rubin

Acronym for Anti-Female Spy Device, Sir James Bond‘s (DAVID NIVEN) secret weapon in the 1967 spoof Casino Royale. Faced with a rash of assassinations attributable to a group of female agents, Bond determines that the British Secret Service needs an agent who is immune to a woman’s charms.

Miss Moneypenny’s daughter (BARBARA BOUCHET) is recruited to test the candidates by kissing each one and determining their attractiveness to the opposite sex. Agent Cooper (TERENCE COOPER) appears to have the edge, and they withdraw to Moneypenny’s bedroom to resume the testing.

While Cooper passes the test and is given the name James Bond, simultaneously a second man—mild-mannered card expert Evelyn Tremble (PETER SELLERS) becomes an ASFD after he’s seduced by Vesper Lynd (URSULA ANDRESS). Tremble is sent to Monte Carlo to play baccarat against Soviet spymaster Le Chiffre (ORSON WELLES).

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