Roger Moore by Wilbur Smith for producer Michael Klinger and director Peter R. Hunt (who had directed and edited some Bond films). He was paid US$200,000 plus a percentage of the profits. Moore made his second Bond, "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974), which was a hit though less successful than "Live and Let Die". It featured Christopher Lee as the main antagonist. Also appearing are Britt Ekland, Herve Villechaize, and Maud Adams. He then made a comedy "That Lucky Touch" (1975) which was a box office disaster. He made an Italian-shot action film "Street People" (1976), then went back to
Motifs in the James Bond film series Smith's "Writing's on the Wall" eventually winning the award. With the exception of the first two Daniel Craig films, "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace", every Bond film has a sequence in which Bond interacts with Miss Moneypenny, the personal assistant to M, Bond's superior. Lois Maxwell was the first to portray Moneypenny and did so for fourteen Eon-produced Bond films from "Dr. No" in 1962 to "A View to a Kill" in 1985 opposite Connery, Lazenby, and Moore. She was followed by Caroline Bliss, Samantha Bond and Naomie Harris, who played opposite Dalton, Brosnan and Craig respectively. The four