James Bond’s all time high.|Jun. 05, 1983|United Kingdom|131 Min.|PG
Genre: Action;Adventure;Thriller
Description: In the 1983 film *Octopussy*, British agent 009, disguised as a circus clown and fatally wounded, escapes twin assassins Mischka and Grishka in East Berlin. He crashes into the British ambassador’s residence with a counterfeit Fabergé egg and dies. Suspecting Soviet involvement, MI6 sends James Bond to investigate after the genuine Fabergé egg is set for auction in London.
At the auction, Bond swaps the fake egg for the real one and engages in a bidding war with exiled Afghan prince Kamal Khan, forcing Khan to pay £500,000 for the counterfeit. Bond follows Khan to his palace in India, where he defeats Khan in a rigged game of backgammon. Bond and his MI6 contact, Vijay, escape Khan’s bodyguard Gobinda. Later, Khan’s associate Magda seduces Bond and steals the real egg, unknowingly carrying Q’s tracking device. After Gobinda captures Bond, he escapes and learns Khan is collaborating with Soviet General Orlov, who plans to expand Soviet influence into Western Europe.
Bond infiltrates a floating palace in Udaipur, owned by Octopussy, a wealthy smuggler and Khan’s associate. Octopussy leads a cult and has a personal connection to Bond: her father, Major Dexter-Smythe, was arrested by Bond for treason. Grateful that Bond allowed her father to commit suicide rather than face trial, Octopussy invites Bond to stay as her guest.
Cast director: John Glen
Cast actor: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown
Original name: Octopussy