The Spy Who Loved Me
Movie, 1977, Roger Moore, Set in 1977
The Spy Who Loved Me is #11 of 27 in release order and #10 of 27 in chronological order in the James Bond.
The story
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
The Spy Who Loved Me recap
A British and a Soviet nuclear submarine both disappear. Bond is sent to Egypt to find stolen plans for a submarine tracking system and keeps running into Major Anya Amasova, the Soviet agent XXX. The two services agree to work together, and they are pursued by the steel-toothed giant Jaws. In Sardinia they investigate the shipping magnate Karl Stromberg, who lives in a sea base called Atlantis. Bond escapes in a Lotus that turns into a submarine. Anya learns that Bond killed her lover in the film's opening ski chase and vows to kill him when the mission is over. Stromberg's tanker, the Liparus, has been swallowing the submarines whole.
The Spy Who Loved Me ending explained
Stromberg plans to fire the submarines' missiles at New York and Moscow, start a nuclear war and build a new civilisation under the sea. Bond, captured aboard the Liparus, frees the prisoners, reprogrammes the missiles to destroy the two stolen submarines, and the Liparus sinks. He goes to Atlantis, kills Stromberg and rescues Anya, who decides not to shoot him. They escape in a pod before the base is torpedoed, and Jaws swims away.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me is streaming on Prime Video in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes 82%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Man with the Golden Gun, before Moonraker.
- Chronological order: after The Man with the Golden Gun, before Moonraker.
What to watch before The Spy Who Loved Me
In release order, 9 James Bond essentials come before The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), from Dr. No (1962) to The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
Cast
- Roger Moore as James Bond
- Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova
- Curd Jürgens as Karl Stromberg
- Richard Kiel as Jaws
- Caroline Munro as Naomi
- Walter Gotell as General Anatol Gogol
- Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
- Bernard Lee as M
- George Baker as Captain Benson
- Michael Billington as Sergei Barsov
- Olga Bisera as Felicca
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q
Directed by Lewis Gilbert.