For Your Eyes Only (1981)

MI6
Moneypenny
Moneypenny
Played by Lois Maxwell
Moneypenny applies lipstick in anticipation of Bond’s arrival, and tells him to go into M’s office where the Defense Minister and Chief of Staff are waiting for him while M is on leave.

 

Bill Tanner
Bill Tanner
Played by James Villiers
A long time character in Fleming’s novels, Bill Tanner made his first appeareance in For Your Eyes Only after Bernard Lee’s death kept M out of the movie. Tanner is the Chief of Staff for MI6 and after Robert Brown took over as M, Tanner was a main-stay in his office during Bond’s briefings.

 

Frederick Gray
Frederick Gray
Played by Geoffrey Keen
Gray quizzes 007 on whether he knows about the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) that was recently stolen from a sunken battleship of Her Majesty’s Navy.

 

Q
Q
Played by Desmond Llewelyn
In a memorable scene from For Your Eyes Only, Bond describes Emile Locque as Q inputs the data into his identograph system in a dark room at Q Branch. At one point, the figure’s nose bulges out ridiculously, prompting 007 to quip “a nose, not a banana, Q.”

 

Luigi Ferrara
Luigi Ferrara
Played by John Moreno
Ferrara is an Italian MI6 agent that guides Bond on his mission to investigate Emile Locque and the assassination of Melina’s parents. He is eventually killed for helping 007.

 

Allies
Milos Columbo
Milos Columbo
Played by Chaim Topol
Columbo is a pistachio-loving smuggler who teams up with Bond in For Your Eyes Only. The twisted Kristatos tries to use Bond to kill his competitor but gets killed by Columbo instead.

 

Girls
Melina Havelock
Melina Havelock
Played by Carole Bouquet
Melina’s parents are killed in Kristatos’ search for the ATAC. She joins Bond on his mission, seeking revenge for their deaths and even saves Bond’s life at one point.

 

Countess Lisl
Countess Lisl
Played by Cassandra Harris
Lisl is Columbo’s girlfriend and Bond’s one-night affair. She is eventually killed during a morning walk on the beach by Emile Locque. Interestingly, Cassandra Harris is the late wife of Bond actor Pierce Brosnan.

 

Bibi
Bibi
Played by Lynn Holly-Johnson
Bibi is Kristatos’ ice-skating protege and tries to seduce Bond into bed. Bibi finally walks out on her guardian and finds another sponsor in Columbo.

 

Henchmen
Eric Kriegler
Eric Kriegler
Played by John Wyman
A Russian KGB agent, Kriegler is a biathalon champion who helps Kristatos. However, Kriegler is killed in a brutal fight with Bond at the end of the film.

 

Hector Gonzales
Hector Gonzales
Played by Stefan Kalipha
Gonzales is the Cuban hit man responsible for the deaths of Melina Havelock’s parents in a devastating attack from a plane circling on their boat. While accepting the money for this job, a spear is put through his back by Melina, who gets her revenge for her parent’s death.

 

Emile Locque
Emile Locque
Played by Michael Gothard
Aris Kristatos’ right hand man, Locque is a convicted criminal who escaped from prison by strangling his psychiatrist. He kills Bond’s contact and Columbo’s mistress. Bond takes his revenge by ruthlessly pushing his car over a cliff with Locque still at the wheel.

 

Villains
Aris Kristatos
Aris Kristatos
Played by Julian Glover
A smuggler and a thief, Kristatos earned a medal during the war when he was actually serving as a double agent. In For Your Eyes Only, Kristatos is again working for the Soviets, trying to obtain the ATAC tracking system before the British. He also tries to manipulate Bond to kill his competitor, Columbo.

 

Animals
Blofeld's Persian Cat
Blofeld’s Persian Cat
The kitty makes a quick cameo during the opening title sequence. Luckily, the cat jumps off of Blofeld’s lap just before Bond snags his wheelchair with the Universal Exports helicopter.

 

Parrot
Parrot
Melina’s family pet Max gives some great comic relief throughout the movie, especially in the end when his repetitive human phrases are used during a phone conversation with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. “Give us a kiss!”