The Spy Who Loved Me welcomes back old friends

An interesting little note about the 10th James Bond film is that it welcomes back a few actors from past films, in new roles. Spy was also the tenth Fleming book btw.
We have George Benson (Hilary Bray from OHMSS) as Captain Benson who briefs Bond at the British Naval Yard.
We have Walter Gotell, former Spectre Agent Morzeny from FRWL, as KGB General Gogol, in the first of Gogol's six Bond appearances.
And we have Milton Reid (the former DN henchman who helps soften up Bond after the dinner with the doctor), as Sandor, Stromberg's subordinate henchman to Jaws. Interestingly, as Reid's DN character was not definitively killed in the destruction of the Crab Key installation, it is conceivable that he is playing the same character in Spy - now working for a new supervillain master. Hmmmm.
Spy also introduces two new recurring character in Robert Brown as Admiral Hargreaves, the future M succeeding Bernard Lee's Miles Messervy. Some might say he's playing Messervy too, and they might be right, but there is no reason to believe that when we meet him in OP that he isn't the same character that we first met in TSWLM.
The other new recurring character of course if Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray as Minister of Defence.
Anyone else catch that Bond calls Gray, Freddie, as they stroll along the dock after their initial briefing on the missing submarine? Bond is on very familiar terms with a senior government minister here.That's OK, Bond is rather senior himself.
Aside from it's too light tone in parts, I love this film. It's great escapist fantasy Bond. Welcome back Ken Adam!

I had the poster of Barbara Bach in her black evening gown, holding her gun, showing some ample cleavage.

I told Dad I was going to marry her when I grow up.

I was 12 years old then.

j7wild wrote:

I had the poster of Barbara Bach in her black evening gown, holding her gun, showing some ample cleavage.

I told Dad I was going to marry her when I grow up.

I was 12 years old then.

I don't blame you. She did look great, despite not being much of an actor. She looked real good too in her next film, Caveman, which was a less taxing role, as she didn't have any lines, but she sure filled out her her skimpy cavegirl outfits. She met her hubby Ringo on the Caveman set too.

FieldsMan wrote:

Settle down pumpkins and get on with whatever the thread proposes to do.

Thank you Fields. This was supposed to spark a little conversation about TSWLM,but the first post is at least there for posterity. C'est la vie.
Thread cleaned up.