Octopussy

Agent 009 dies in East Berlin dressed as a clown, clutching a fake Fabergé egg. Bond swaps the real egg for a copy at a London auction and follows the buyer, exiled Afghan prince Kamal Khan, to India. Khan is working with Soviet General Orlov, who smuggles Kremlin jewels through the circus run by Octopussy, a mysterious woman with an army of female followers. Orlov has another plan: swap the jewels for an atomic bomb and set it off at a U.S. air base in West Germany, making it look like an accident and pushing Europe to disarm. Bond reaches the base dressed as a clown and defuses the bomb. Orlov dies at the border. Khan flees with Octopussy by plane, Bond clings to the fuselage, and the villain dies in the crash.

1. Behind the scenesMoore was almost replaced

   Roger Moore wanted out, and the producers screen-tested Timothy Dalton, Lewis Collins and James Brolin. When Sean Connery announced a rival Bond film, they talked Moore into staying.

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2. CameoThe tennis pro with a racket weapon

   Pro tennis player Vijay Amritraj was the first actor cast; Albert Broccoli met him at Wimbledon. In the film he uses a tennis racket as a weapon.

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3. ReferenceMaud Adams, again

   Maud Adams had already played Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun. To explain a Swedish Octopussy, a few lines say she was raised by an Indian family.

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