PHONY HORSE-TRAILER

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

The hiding place for James Bond’s (ROGER MOORE) mini-jet plane in the Octopussy teaser. It’s the perfect cover for Bond, who, with his assistant Bianca (TINA HUDSON), is operating at an equestrian event outside the walls of a secret South American air force base.

Once Bond deals with some local paratroopers, he jumps into Bianca’s car, disconnects the trailer, bids her good-bye, and goes back to the trailer, which, as we discover, also contains a phony horse’s hindquarters. He then climbs into the jet and takes off.

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