Live and Let Die [1973]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1973
Running Times: 119 mins     121 mins
Format: Rankcolor     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1 [negative ratio]     1.66:1 [intended ratio for European prints]     1.85:1 [intended ratio for US prints]
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Eon Productions
Copyright: © MCMLXXIII Danjaq S.A.
Produced by: Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli
USA Crew Production Managers: Stephen F. Kesten, Steven P. Skloot
USA Crew Unit Manager: Michael Rauch
Production Supervisor: Claude Hudson

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Tom Mankiewicz

DIRECTION
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Assistant Director: Derek Cracknell
USA Crew Assistant Director: Alan Hopkins
2nd Assistant Director: Richard Jenkins (uncredited)
3rd Assistant Director: Raymond Becket (uncredited)
USA Crew Shark Scenes: William Grefe

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ted Moore
Camera Operator: Bob Kindred
USA Crew Camera Operator: George Bouillet, Warren Rothenberger
2nd Unit Cameraman: John Harris
Focus Puller: Michael Roberts (uncredited)
Clapper Loader: Colin Davidson (uncredited)
Camera Grip: Edward Underwood (uncredited)
Electrical Supervisor: A.H. Bosher (uncredited)
Stills: George Whitear (uncredited)
Colour by: Rank Film Laboratories

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Bert Bates, Raymond Poulton & John Shirley
Assistant Editor: Margaret Miller (uncredited), Leslie Healey (uncredited)

MUSIC
Music Score by: George Martin

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Title Song Composed by: Paul and Linda McCartney
And Performed By: Paul McCartney and Wings
James Bond Theme: Monty Norman (uncredited)
Music Recorded At: Air Studios, London (uncredited)

SOUND
Sound Recordists: John Mitchell & Ken Barker
Dubbing Editors: Teddy Mason / Jimmy Shields, Chris Lancaster
Sound Camera Operator: Trevor Rutherford (uncredited)
Sound Maintenance: Ron Butcher (uncredited)
Boom Operator: Keith Pamplin (uncredited)

MAKE UP AND HAIR
Chief Make-Up: Paul Rabiger
Hairdressers: Colin Jamison, Mike Jones (uncredited)
Costume Designer: Julie Harris
Wardrobe Supervisor: Laurel Staffel
Wardrobe Master: John Hilling (uncredited)
Wardrobe Assistant: Colin Wilson (uncredited)

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Derek Meddings
Special Effects Assistant: Ian Wingrove (uncredited)
Special Effects Engineer: Peter Biggs (uncredited)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical Effects: Charles Staffell
Main Title Designed by: Maurice Binder

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Supervising Art Director: Syd Cain
USA Crew Art Director: Steven Hendrickson
Co-Art Directors: Bob Laing & Peter Lamont
Assistant Art Director: John Fenner (uncredited)
Set Dresser: Simon Wakefield (uncredited)
Chief Draughtsman: Fred Hole (uncredited)
Draughtsman: Maurice Cain (uncredited)
Props: Patrick Weymouth, Danny Skundric (uncredited), Brian Payne (uncredited)
Prod Buyer: Ron Quelch (uncredited)
Construction Manager: Leon Davis

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Elaine Schreyeck
Choreographer: Geoffrey Holder
Technical Advisor: Charles Russhon (uncredited)
Publicity Director: Derek Coyte (uncredited)
Publicity: Dan Slater (uncredited)
Assistant Unit Publicity: Doris Spriggs (uncredited)
Publicity Secretary: Maureen Campbell (uncredited)
Production Secretary: Jane Oscroft (uncredited)
Secretary to Saltzman: Sue Parker (uncredited)
Secretary to Broccoli: Jean Winbolt (uncredited)
Production Accountant: Brian Bailey (uncredited)
Assistant Production Accountants: Paul Tucker (uncredited), Bobbie Johnson (uncredited)
Accountant Secretary: Christine Talmadge (uncredited)
Studio Liason: Lorraine Fennell (uncredited)
Unit Runner: James Barclay (uncredited)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Producers gratefully acknowledge the assistance and co-operation of: Chevrolet Motor Division-General Motors Corp; Glastron Boat Company; Evinrude Motors; Harley Davidson Motor Company Inc; Budget Rent-A-Car Inc; A.M.F. Inc; Panasonic; Visi-Tel Corporation; Exotic Cars by Dunham Coach of N.J.; Pan American World Airways; Rolex Inc; Pulsar, "The Time Computer"; The Black Stuntmen's Association, Hollywood, Calif.; Tarot Cards by Fergus Hall, courtesy of Portal Gallery, London; New Orleans: Police Department; International Airport; Levee Board; Lakefront Airport & Tenants Association; New York: Mayor's Office of Film Co-ordination; Police Department; Department of Commerce & Industrial Development; Jamaica: Jamaica Defence Forces; Jamaica Tourist Board; Jamaica Swamp Safari Limited

LOCATIONS
Locations: Jamaica; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; New York City, New York, USA; Slidell, Louisiana, USA
Studio: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Location Manager: Bernard Hanson
USA Crew Location Co-ordinator: Jack Weis

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinated by: Bob Simmons, Joie Chitwood, Ross Kananga, Jerry Comeaux, Eddie Smith, Bill Bennet

CASTING
Casting Director: Weston Drury Jr

CAST
Roger Moore [James Bond]
Yaphet Kotto [Kananga / Mr Big]
Jane Seymour [Solitaire]
Clifton James [Sherrif Pepper]
Geoffrey Holder [Baron Samedi]
Julius W. Harris [Tee Hee]
David Hedison [Felix Leiter]
Gloria Hendry [Rosie]
Lois Maxwell [Moneypenny]
Bernard Lee [M]
Tommy Lane [Adam]
Earl Jolly Brown [Whisper]
Lon Satton [Strutter]
Roy Stewart [Quarrel]
B.J. Arnau [singer]
Ruth Kempf [Mrs Bell]
Arnold Williams [cab driver 1]
Joie Chitwood [Charlie]
Madeline Smith [beautiful girl]
Michael Ebbin [Dambala]
Kubi Chaza [sales girl]
Bob Dix [Hamilton (uncredited)]
Dennis Edwards [Baines (uncredited)]
Stephen Hendrickson [Mr Bleeker (uncredited)]
Don Topping [crab man (uncredited)]
Gabor Vernon [Hungarian delegate (uncredited)]

James Bond takes on an organised gang of drugs smugglers in the Caribbean.

REVIEW

A disappointingly routine debut for Roger Moore as James Bond. Some of the location work is impressive, but the intrusive comedy routines that were to ruin the series later in Moore's tenure were already making themselves felt to the film's detriment.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists
Video Distributor: CBS/Fox
Laserdisc Distributor: MGM

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-16

Germany
Rating: 12

Norway
Rating: 15

South Africa
The scene in which Bond makes love with black CIA agent Rosie Carver was removed.

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

1972
October
Friday 13th: Roger Moore begins shooting the power boat sequence.
20th: Albert R. Broccoli arrives on the set.

1973
June
27: USA - theatrical release

July
6: UK - theatrical release

December
17: Denmark - theatrical release
19: West Germany - theatrical release
21: Finland - theatrical release
22: Sweden - theatrical release

1980
January
20: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

1982
June
14: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

1984
September
30: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

1986
May
26: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

1989
January
21: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

1991
April
1: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

1992
April
4: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

1993
May
3: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

1994
February
26: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

1997
August
25: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

1999
July
7: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

2000
May
1: UK - television broadcast [ITV]

2002
March
16: USA - television broadcast [on ABC]

1973
Academy Awards
Best Song - nomination

Get Moore!

Agente 007, vivi e lascia morte - Italian title
James Bond 007 - Leben und sterben lassen - German title
Leva och låta dö - ?
Vivre et laisser mourir - French title

SEQUEL TO
Dr No [1962]
From Russia with Love [1963]
Goldfinger [1964]
Thunderball [1965]
You Only Live Twice [1967]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [1969]
Diamonds Are Forever [1971]

SEQUELS
The Man with the Golden Gun [1974]
The Spy Who Loved Me [1977]
Moonraker [1979]
For Your Eyes Only [1981]
Never Say Never Again [1983]
Octopussy [1983]
A View to a Kill [1985]
The Living Daylights [1987]
Licence to Kill [1989]
Goldeneye [1995]
Tomorrow Never Dies [1997]
The World Is Not Enough [1999]
Die Another Day [2002]

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond [1987] [TV]
The James Bond Story [1999]
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day [2002]

SEE ALSO
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery [1997]
GoldenEye [1997] [video game]

MAGAZINES

CinemaTV Today 14 July 1973 p.16 [UK]
note

CinemaTV Today 30 June 1973 p.8 [UK]
review

Monthly Film Bulletin August 1973 pp.171-172 [UK]
credits, synopsis, review

Sight and Sound June 1993 p.70 [UK]
note

Starburst April 1996 p.55 [UK]
illustrated note

Vanity Fair November 1999 pp.136-141 [USA]
illustrated article

BOOKS

The Incredible World of 007 pp.176
illustrated article

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

blaxploitation, caribbean, criminals, drugs, harlem, james bond, secret agents, spies

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007