MADRID

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

The location in Spain of Cuban hit man Hector Gonzales‘s (STEFAN KALIPHA) villa in For Your Eyes Only. James Bond (ROGER MOORE) goes there to investigate the death of marine archaeologist and British agent Timothy Havelock (JACK HEDLEY). And Melina Havelock (CAROLE BOUQUET), with crossbow in hand, goes there seeking revenge for her parents’ brutal murder.

At Gonzales’s pool, Bond gets his first look at Locque (MICHAEL GOTHARD), one of Aris Kristatos‘s (JULIAN GLOVER) agents, before Melina puts a crossbow bolt in Gonzales’s back. When 007 ‘s Lotus Esprit self-destructs, Bond and Melina escape in her Citroen Deux Cheveux.

Madrid is also the site of a British agent’s assassination in the 1967 Casino Royale spoof As reported to Sir James Bond (DAVID NIVEN) by Hadley (DEREK NIMMO), he was burned in a blazing bordello.

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