Carmen Du Sautoy

In this 9th entry in the James Bond series, Agent 007 (Roger Moore) is assigned to retrieve the world's only device (the "Solex") that can be utilized to harness the sun's energy. A hair-raising car chase through Bangkok and a stunning confrontation with an entire martial arts school leads Bond to Hong Kong and the island hideaway of mysterious international hit man Francisco Scaramanga, who uses tailor-made gold bullets and his signature gold pistol on his contract victims. Based on the novel by Ian Fleming.

The title role gives dazzling Robert Lindsay a screen-debuting showcase. His coal miner/wannabe movie star Bert Rigby is all-singing, all-dancing, all-laughing as he delivers dead-on impersonations of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. Plus delivers pizza, trims trees and copes uproariously with other "between-acting" jobs that plague Tinseltown hopefuls. The Reiner/Lindsay teamwork is a light footed lark that you'd be a fool to miss.