James Bond Roger Moore; Melina
Havelock Carole Bouquet; Milos Columbo Topol; Bibi Dahl Lynn-Holly
Johnson; Aris Kristatos Julian Glover; Contessa Lisl von Schlaugh
Cassandra Harris; Jacoba Brink Jill Harris; Emile Leopold Loque
Michael Gothard; Eric Kriegler John Wyman; Sir Timothy Havelock
Jack Hedley; Miss Moneypenny Lois Maxwell; Q Desmond
Llewelyn; Minister of Defence (Frederick Gray) Geoffrey Keen; General
Gogol Walter Gotell; Chief of Staff (Bill Tanner) James Villiers;
Luigi Ferrara John Moreno.
After the disappointing Moonraker, James Bond is back
in For Your Eyes Only. Rather than using movies like Goldfinger for the pattern, the
producers used movies like From Russia With Love and OHMSS. Smart move for Bond purists.
Moore actually gets his hair messed up and plays Bond grittier and acting his age.
Personally, one of my favorites and the best Moore film
in the whole series. FYEO actuall uses Fleming material, the most since OHMSS from 2 short
stories, FYEO and Riscico. The film, in my opinion, elaborates and fleshes out Fleming's
short stories beutifully so that the 2 seperate stories meet at the end.
After just re-watching it, though, I find it is a lot
like OHMSS. Skiing, a bobsled chase, references to Tracy and Blofeld, even Columbo
was like Marc Ange Draco. Still, each Bond actor needs a film like this to get back
to the roots of 007
Trivia
Countess Lisl was played by Cassandra
Harris aka Mrs. Pierce Brosnan
This is Roger Moore's least favorite
Bond film
The score was done by Bill Conti of
Rocky fame
M does not appear due to Bernard
Lee's death prior to filming and the part was not yet recast
The End of For Your Eyes Only
James Bond Will Return in
Octopussy
