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Octopussy

Year:
Duration:
131 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Thriller
IMDB rate:
6.6
Director:
John Glen
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1983-06-10
Filming Locations: Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Earnings
Budget: $27,500,000
Opening Weekend: $8,902,564 (USA) (12 June 1983)
Gross: $57,403,139 (USA) (25 September 1983)
Cast
Actor
Character
Cherry Gillespie
Cherry Gillespie
Octopussy
Tina Hudson
Tina Hudson
Octopussy
Roger Moore
James Bond
Maud Adams
Octopussy
Louis Jourdan
Kamal
Kristina Wayborn
Magda
Kabir Bedi
Gobinda
Steven Berkoff
Orlov
David Meyer
Twin One
Tony Meyer
Twin Two
Desmond Llewelyn
Q
Robert Brown
M
Lois Maxwell
Miss Moneypenny
Michaela Clavell
Penelope Smallbone
Walter Gotell
Gogol
Vijay Amritraj
Vijay
Albert Moses
Sadruddin
Geoffrey Keen
Minister of Defence
Douglas Wilmer
Fanning
Andy Bradford
009
Philip Voss
Auctioneer
Bruce Boa
U.S. General
Richard LeParmentier
U.S. Aide (as Richard Parmentier)
Paul Hardwick
Soviet Chairman
Suzanne Jerome
Gwendoline
Dermot Crowley
Kamp
Peter Porteous
Lenkin
Eva Reuber-Staier
Rublevitch
Jeremy Bulloch
Smithers
William Derrick
Thug with Yo-yo
Stuart Saunders
Major Clive
Patrick Barr
British Ambassador
Gabor Vernon
Borchoi
Hugo Bower
Karl
Ken Norris
Colonel Toro
Tony Arjuna
Mufti
Gertan Klauber
Bubi
Brenda Cowling
Schatzi
David Grahame
Petrol Pump Attendant
Brian Coburn
South American V.I.P.
Michael Halphie
South American Officer
Carolyn Seaward
Octopussy Girl
Carole Ashby
Octopussy Girl
Cheryl Anne
Octopussy Girl
Jani-Z
Octopussy Girl
Julie Martin
Octopussy Girl
Joni Flynn
Octopussy Girl
Julie Barth
Octopussy Girl
Kathy Davies
Octopussy Girl
Helene Hunt
Octopussy Girl
Gillian De Terville
Octopussy Girl
Safira Afzal
Octopussy Girl
Louise King
Octopussy Girl
Tina Robinson Hansen
Octopussy Girl (as Tina Robinson)
Alison Worth
Octopussy Girl
Janine Andrews
Octopussy Girl
Lynda Knight
Octopussy Girl
Susanne Dando
Gymnast Supervisor
Teresa Craddock
Gymnast
Kirsten Harrison
Gymnast
Christine Cullers
Gymnast
Lisa Jackman
Gymnast
Jane Aldridge
Gymnast
Christine Gibson
Gymnast
Tracy Llewellyn
Gymnast
Ruth Flynn
Gymnast
Roberto Germains
Ringmaster
Richard Graydon
Francisco the Fearless
The Hassani Troupe
The Circus
The Flying Cherokees
The Circus
Carol Richter
The Circus
Josef Richter
The Circus
Vera Fossett
The Circus
Shirley Fossett
The Circus
Barrie Winship
The Circus
Ravinder Singh Reyett
Thug
Gurdial Sira
Thug
Michael Moor
Thug
Sven Surtees
Thug
Peter Edmund
Thug
Ray Charles
Thug
Talib Johnny
Thug
R.J. Bell
German Man in Circus (uncredited)
Ken Burns
East German Bodyguard (uncredited)
Ishaq Bux
Fakir
Sally Dewhurst
Circus Personnel (uncredited)
Reg Harding
Fisherman in Boat
Jennifer Hill
Ambrassador's wife. (uncredited)
Nick Hobbs
South American Soldier (uncredited)
Eugene Lipinski
Head VOPO (uncredited)
Derek Lyons
US Air Force Base Officer
Ingrid Pitt
Galley Mistress
Lenny Rabin
Bidder at Sotheby's
Reggae Ranjhe
Guard (uncredited)
Rochelle Rose
Young Girl at Circus (uncredited)
Gary Russell
Boy Teen in Car
Gito Santana
Killer
Nicola Stapleton
Little Girl at Circus (uncredited)
Michael G. Wilson
Soviet Security Council Member /
Did you know?
Trivia
The first acting role for Vijay Amritraj, a pro tennis player attempting to transition into an acting career. Parts of his role as Vijay involved inside jokes relating to his tennis career.
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Frank Finlay auditioned and was considered for the role of Kamal Khan.
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Footage of Roger Moore and Kristina Wayborn in bed shown in one of the film's trailers is not included in the film itself.
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Goofs
Bond is involved in a lengthy & dramatic chase to reach and disarm the atomic bomb that is hidden on the circus train, headed for the American military base. Instead of focusing on reaching the bomb himself (which of course makes for an exciting movie), why doesn't he just get to a telephone and phone in the dangerous situation to headquarters, who can then send in back-up and/or dispatch a team of bomb experts to meet the train as it arrives? At one point during the chase, he is even dropped off in a town after hitching a ride; he attempts to use a payphone, but gives up in less than 30 seconds after a women in the phone booth won't relinquish the phone - he then steals her car instead to continue the chase. Surely this isn't the only telephone in town - why not find another one? It's true that he may not have money or an ID on his person, but surely the British Secret Service has made provision for an agent to call in on a phone without these things (call collect, a special toll free number, etc.).
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When Gobina slashes at Bond atop the plane, a medium shot clearly shows a stunt double (note the bald spot) who is wearing a black outfit, not a blue suit.
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At the beginning, Bond takes his cap off and turns it inside out to create an army cap. However, he then puts on a 'stiff' cap for his officer uniform.
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Quotes
James Bond: [handing Q his coat] Do you think you can help me? Someone seems to have stuck a knife in my wallet.
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Kamal Khan: You seem to have this nasty habit of surviving.
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Kamal Khan: Mr. Bond is indeed of a very rare breed... soon to be made extinct.
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Faq
Q
Just what is a Fabergé egg?
A
Q
How does Octopussy know James Bond?
A
Bond was responsible for the capture of her father, Smythe, 20 years ago, after he was suspected of stealing a cache of Chinese gold and killing his partner. However, Bond gave Smythe 24 hours to settle his affairs. Smythe used those 24 hours to commit suicide and avoid the disgrace of a court martial. Instead of revenge when she finally meets Bond, Octopussy thanks him for giving her father an honorable way out of his predicament.
Q
How does the movie end?
A
Among much fanfare, the circus train arrives at U.S. Air Force base in Feldstadt, West Germany at 2:20 and sets up for a show. The nuclear bomb in the Human Cannonball's cannon is set to go off at 3:45. Bond hitches a ride to the nearest town, then steals a car, and, with the politzei in hot pursuit, makes it to the base at 3:15, passing Kamal and Gobinda going in the opposite direction. With 5 minutes to spare, Bond dons a clown suit and walks into the main tent where the Human Cannonball's act is being announced. With 90 seconds to spare, he tries to convince the U.S. General that there is a bomb in the cannon, but the General just laughs, thinking that it's part of the act. Bond grabs an axe and tries to break the lock on the bomb, but the polizei overpower him. With 14 seconds to go, Octopussy suddenly steps forward and shoots off the lock. Bond is able to disarm the bomb just as it reaches 0. Shortly thereafter, back in India, Octopussy and Magda plot to avenge Kamal's betrayal, his having left them to die in the explosion. Octopussy's Octopus girls raid the Monsoon Palace, while Octopussy confronts Kamal. He tries to tell her that he was betrayed by Orlov and didn't know anything about the bomb. He then knocks out her down. She tries to escape but is knocked unconscious by Gobinda. When she regains consciousness, she is in Kamal's private plane. Having joined the raid in Q's hot air balloon, Bond follows the airplane and manages, while on horseback, to leap onto the tail just as the plane takes off. With the plane airborne, Bond inches forward on top the plane, Kamal all the while trying to knock him off by flying in rolls and loops. When Bond knocks out one of the plane's two engines, Kamal sends Gobinda out to kill Bond, but Bond knocks Gobinda to his death. He then gets into the cabin. Kamal begins to lose control of the plane and tries to land. As the plane skids along the ground, Bond and Octopussy jump off, just as the plane goes over a cliff and crashes. In the final scenes, Soviet General Gogol (Walter Gotell) asks M for the return of the Romanov star, while Bond recuperates in bed with Octopussy on her barge.
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