Still, Paul McCartney's blistering title-song really jolts Bond into the 70s. Unlike regular Bond composer John Barry's music, Martin's is ponderous, overlaid onto the action rather than organic to it. Nor does a heavy-handed score by Beatles producer George Martin help. And the introduction of the series' first out-rightly comic character in Sheriff JW Pepper presaged the self-defeating lapse into self-spoofing the films would increasingly take.
Easy-access downloads let you quickly download hi-res, non-watermarked images. Yaphet Kotto is a potentially strong baddie but has too little to do amid the familiar carnage and boat chases. Images marked as Easy-access downloads are not included in your Premium Access or subscription package with Getty Images, and you will be billed for any images that you use. While the background voodoo theme is suitably bizarre, the main McGuffin about drugs smuggling is rather under-whelming for a Bond movie. Director Guy Hamilton makes this an expertly staged but somehow lacklustre affair. For a British audience, Moore (The Saint, The Persuaders) was the natural successor to Sean Connery.
He looked pretty lean and mean for a 45 year-old.
Roger Moore's debut as 007 was a bit wan but, in retrospect, probably his best outing.
