Synopsis - Live And Let Die
Three British Secret Service agents are killed within the space
of a few hours - one in New York, one in New Orleans and one on
the island of San Monique in the Caribbean. The only connection
appears to be a man named Kananga (Yaphet Kotto) - he's the Prime
Minister of San Monique, and the agent in New York was shadowing
him on behalf of the CIA (the man in New Orleans was investigating
odd activities at a restaurant named Filet of Soul).
James Bond (Roger Moore), travels to New York and tails Kananga
to another in the Filet of Soul chain of restaurants, but is taken
captive by a black gangster named Mr Big and sentenced to death.
Escaping, he and Felix Leiter (David Hedison) wonder what the
connection is between the Prime Minister of a Caribbean island
and a Harlem gangster.
Bond travels to San Monique in search of answers, and falls in
with CIA agent Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry). After an attempt
on Bond's life, and the exposure of Rosie as a double agent on
Kananga's payroll, Bond infiltrates Kananga's cliff top fortress
and seduces his 'ward' Solitaire (Jane Seymour). They escape together
and discover that Kananga is growing vast fields of poppies under
nets to escape prying eyes. Kananga is obviously producing and
smuggling heroin at a vast rate. They head for New Orleans, where
Bond still wants to discover the connection between Kananga and
the British Secret Service agent's death, but they are taken captive
by Mr Big's men again. Bond escapes, is recaptured and confronts
Mr Big, who turns out to be Kananga himself. Kananga grows the
poppies, produces the heroin and then distributes it (as Mr Big)
through his chain of Filet of Soul restaurants. He intends giving
away the heroin until he has cornered the market, thus driving
the Mafia out of business.
Bond manages to destroy Kananga's heroin-refining operation in
New Orleans and escapes along the Louisiana bayous. Hearing that
Kananga has returned to his island realm with Solitaire, he follows
and finds that Kananga is having Solitaire sacrificed at a voodoo
ceremony. While he rescues her, Leiter's CIA agents blow up the
poppy fields. Bond and Solitaire penetrate Kananga's underground
heroin refining plant on San Monique and Bond kills Kananga in
hand-to-hand combat. A last minute attack by Kanangas henchman
Tee Hee (Julius Harris), is averted, and Bond and Solitaire are
safe.