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Live and Let Die (1973)

PG 121 min  -  Action | Adventure | Crime  -   27 June 1973 (USA)
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007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Director:

Guy Hamilton

Writer:

Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Roger Moore ...
Yaphet Kotto ...
Jane Seymour ...
Clifton James ...
Julius Harris Julius Harris ...
Tee Hee Johnson (as Julius W. Harris)
Geoffrey Holder ...
David Hedison ...
Gloria Hendry ...
Bernard Lee ...
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Lois Maxwell ...
Tommy Lane Tommy Lane ...
Earl Jolly Brown Earl Jolly Brown ...
Roy Stewart Roy Stewart ...
Lon Satton Lon Satton ...
Arnold Williams Arnold Williams ...
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Storyline

Several British agents have been murdered and James Bond is sent to New York, to investigate these mysterious deaths. Mr. Big comes to his knowledge, who is self-producing heroin. Along his journeys he meets Tee Hee who has a claw for a hand, Baron Samedi the voodoo master and Solitaire and her tarot cards. Bond must travel deep inside New York, through marshy grass and on water as he completes his mission. Written by simon  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Heroin | British | Cards | Murder | Tarot Card  | See more »

Taglines:

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Hungarian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Ian Fleming's Live and Let Die See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$91,000,000 (Worldwide) (1973) (except USA)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Eon Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The tarot cards seen on the movie's main poster were "the Devil", "Death", "the Lovers" and "Fortune". There is actually a fifth card on the poster but James Bond's torso blocks any possible name of the card. There is also actually no tarot card called "Fortune" in the set of cards used for the film. This title of the "Fortune" card is the product of a bit of artistic license. The title is basically an abridgment of the actual "Wheel of Fortune" tarot card. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: While Bond is in the taxi cab, asking the driver to go uptown (into Harlem), we see a hill through the rear window. In the next shot, the land is flat. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
UN Translator: [translating for Hungarian delegate] ... was so ably pointed out by the Secretary General in his opening remarks. But - and I must emphasize this point - no formula can or will ever cover each case. For instance...
[audio feed is unplugged]
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Crazy Credits

The End of Live and Let Die
James Bond will return in
The Man with the Golden Gun See more »

Connections

Spoofed in Filmpje! (1995) See more »

Soundtracks

"Live and Let Die"
(title song)
Composed by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
Performed by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine
Also performed by Brenda Arnau (uncredited) See more »