The Ancient Egypt Film Site

Production info

The Spy Who Loved Me
UK, 1977
Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens
Directed by Lewis Gilbert

James Bond 007 teams up with a Russian female counterpart to stop a mad shipping billionaire from destroying the world.
Includes several sequences in Egypt, along the Nile and in several temples. The temple of Medinet Habu, the Ramesseum and the temple of Karnak serve as a single location. The temple of Abu Simbel serves as the Egyptian headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service, containing an office, a conference room and a laboratory.

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