Never Say Never Again - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[tom]

The first Bond movie in which CIA agent Felix Leiter was played by an African-American (Bernie Casey). The character is also African-American in the Eon Productions official franchise movies Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008).

[melinda]

Somewhat bizarrely, this movie was partially financed by M.F.I., the since defunct British furniture retail chain. Even more bizarre, the name of their investment vehicle, Woodcote, was actually the same name as of one of the M.F.I. product lines. In this case, wood varnish.

[lena]

MGM bought ownership of this movie in December 1997 from Taliafilm, Inc. for $15 million.

[kristina]

Pat Roach: As Count Lippe, the large villain in the health clinic (equivalent of Guy Doleman's role in Thunderball (1965)). Roach is the only actor to deliver severe beatings to James Bond and Indiana Jones, having terrorized the latter in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).

[jim]

The same year, Barbara Carrera appeared in Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), which is also declared as one of the top action movies of 1983, like this movie (also starring Carrera) and Octopussy (1983).

[leo]

At the start of the Casino sequence, when Bond gives the bouncer the "bomb", there is a white sign on a stand stating "Casino Royale". This implies that the following sequence is either set in the same Casino Royale seen in Casino Royale (2006), or at least another Casino using the same name.

[wesley]

Product placements and promotional tie-ins seen in the movie included Bentley Cars, Absolut Vodka, Smirnoff, and video parlor games Centipede (1982) and Robotron: 2084 (1982).