Movie Information
(Octopussy)

Year of Production: 1983
Date of Release: 6 June 1983 (UK), 10 June 1983 (US)
Running Times: 125 mins
Format: Metrocolor Panavision [anamorphic] 35mm 70mm [blow-up]
Classification: PG (UK), PG (US)
Ratio: 2.35:1 Panavision
Sound: 70mm 6-Track Dolby Stereo

Cast

Roger Moore [James Bond]
Maud Adams [Octopussy]
Louis Jourdan [Kamal Khan]
Kristina Wayborn [Magda]
Kabir Bedi [Gobinda]
Steven Berkoff [General Orlov]
David Meyer [Twin One]
Paul Hardwick [Twin Two]
Desmond Llewelyn [Q]
Robert Brown [M]
Lois Maxwell [Miss Moneypenny]
Michaela Clavell [Penelope Smallbone]
Walter Gotell [General Gogol]
Vijay Amritraj [Vijay]
Albert Moses [Sadruddin]
Geoffrey Keen [minister of defence]
Douglas Wilmer [Fanning]
Andy Bradford [009]
Philip Voss [auctioneer]
Bruce Boa [US general]
Richard Parmentier [US aide]
Paul Hardwick [Sovit chairman]
Suzanne Jerome [Gwendoline]
Cherry Gillespie [Midge]
Dermot Crowley [Kamp]
Peter Porteous [Lenkin]
Eva Reuber-Staier [Rublevitch]
Jeremy Bullock [Smithers]
Tina Hudson [Bianca]
William Derrick [thug with yo-yo]
Stuart Saunders [Major Clive]
Patrick Barr [British ambassador]
Gabor Vernon [Borchoi]
Hugo Bower [Karl]
Ken Norris [Colonel Toro]
Tony Arjuna [Mufti]
Gertan Klauber [Bubi]
Brenda Cowling [Schatzl]
David Grahame [petrol pump attendant]
Brian Coburn [South American VIP]
Michael Halphie [South American officer]
Mary Stavin, Carolyn Seaward, Carole Ashby, Cheryl Anne, Jani-Z, Julie Martin, Joni Flynn, Julie Barth, Kathy Davies, Helene Hunt, Gillian De Terville, Safira Afzal, Louise King, Tina Robinson, Alison Worth, Janine Andrews, Lynda Knight [Octopussy girls]
Susanne Dando [gymnasts supervisor]
Teresa Craddock. Kirsten Harrison, Christine Cullers, Lisa Jackman, Jane Aldridge, Christine
Gibson, Tracy Llewellyn, Ruth Flynn [gymnasts]
Roberto Germains [circus ringmaster]
Richard Graydon [Francisco the Fearless]
Hassani Troupe, Flying Cherokees, Carol Richter, Josef Richter, Vera Fossett, Shirley Fossett,
Barrie Winship [circus performers]
Ravinder Singh Revett, Gurdial Sira, Michael Moor, Sven Surtees, Peter Edmund, Ray Charles,
Talib Johnny [thugs]
Michael G. Wilson [passenger on riverboat - uncredited]
Gary Russell [teenager in car - uncredited]

Production

Production Companies: Eon Productions / Danjaq / United Artists
Executive Producer: Michael G. Wilson
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli
Associate Producer: Thomas Pevsner
Production Managers: Philip Kohler, Barrie Osborne, Leonhard Gmur, Gerry Levy
Production Supervisor: Hugh Harlow
Production Controller: Reginald A. Barkshire

Script: George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson
Stories: Ian Fleming [Octopussy and The Property of a Lady]

Director: John Glen
Assistant Director: Anthony Waye, Terry Madden, Michael Zimbrich, Andrew Warren, Tony Broccoli
Additional Assistant Director: Baba Shaikh, Don French
2nd Unit Director: Arthur G. Wooster
2nd Unit Assistant Director: Gerry Gavigan

Director of Photography: Alan Hume
Additional Photography: Jimmy Devis, Bob Collins
Camera Operator: Alec Mills
Assistant Camera: Nick Schlesinger
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Arthur G. Wooster
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Malcolm Vinson, David Nowell, Jack Lowin
Clapper Loader: Ian Foster

Supervising Editor: John Grover
Editor: Peter Davies, Henry Richardson

Music: John Barry, John Philip Sousa
James Bond Theme: Monty Norman
Song Lyrics: Tim Rice [All Time High]
Song Performed By: Rita Coolidge [All Time High]
Music Recording: John Richards

Sound Recording: Derek Ball
Sound Re-Recording: Gordon K. McCallum, Ken Barker
Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Derek Holding, Michael Hopkins
Sound Effects: Jean-Pierre Lelong

Make Up Supervisor: George Frost
Make Up: Peter Robb-King, Eric Allwright
Hair Supervisor: Christopher Taylor
Costume Designer: Emma Porteus
Costume Supervisor: Tiny Nicholls

Special Effects Supervisor: John Richardson
2nd Unit Effects Supervisor: John Evans
Model Effects Supervisor: Brian Smithies
Model Photography: Leslie Dear
Front Projection: Charles Staffell
Title Opticals: National Screen Service

Production Designer: Peter Lamont
Art Director: John Fenner
Additional Art Director: Michael Lamont, Ken Court, Ram Yedekar, Jan Schlubach
Main Title Designer: Maurice Binder
Set Decorator: Jack Stephens
Set Dresser [India]: Crispian Sallis
Scenic Artist: Ernest Smith, Jacqueline Stears

Continuity: Elaine Schreyeck
Production Accountant: Douglas Noakes
Assistant Accountant: Sarah Lucraft
Prod Continuity: Reginald A. Barkshire
Director of Publicity: Charles Juroe
Indian Production Adviser: Shama Habibullah
Production Assistants: Iris Rose, Joyce Turner, Sheila Barnes, May Capsaskis, Mohini Banerji
Boatmaster: Michael Turk Helicopters: Management Aviation Inc

Location Manager: Peter Bennet, Rashid Abassi

Action Sequence Arranger: Bob Simmons
Stunt Supervisors: Martin Grace, Paul Weston, Bill Burton
Driving Stunts: Remy Julienne
Aerial Team Director: Philip Wrestler
Aerial Team Co-Ordinator: Clay Lacy
Aerial Team [Beech 18]: R.J. Worth, Rande DeLuca, Jake Lombard, Joe Taylor
Aerial Team [Acro Star]: J.W. 'Corkey' Fornof, Richard Holley
Stunts: Dorothy Ford, Clive Curtis, Del Baker, Pat Banta, Bill Weston, Rocky Taylor, Jim Dowdall, Wayne Michaels, Nick Hobbs, Jazzer Jeyes, Christopher Webb, Malcolm Weaver

Casting: Debbie McWilliams

Locations

Black Park Country Park, Buckinghamshire, England, UK; London, England, UK; Checkpoint Charlie, West Berlin; Kurfnrstendamm, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany; Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough, England, UK [train scenes]; Norholt Air Force Base, England, UK [scene at horse track and Feldstadt, West German airbase]; Oakley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK [aircraft hanger]; USAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England, UK [circus parade scene]; Udaipur, India; 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios.

Alternative Titles

James Bond Octopussy - German title, Octopussy operazione piovra - Italian title