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Mar 2024
57m 30s

A View To A Kill (1985) and Buster (1988...

Simon Brew
About this episode
It's back to the 1980s in this episode of the Film Stories podcast, kicking off with one last James Bond 007 adventure for Roger Moore. A View To A Kill - teased at the end of 1983's Octopussy as From A View To A Kill - came together initially with little fuss for a James Bond movie. Roger Moore was quickly invited back. John Glen was asked to direct even be ... Show More
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