Connections

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This movie is the main focus of the episode. Clips shown.

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Sheena Easton will sing theme song.

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Live broadcast of this film's Royal Premiere event.

Promotional tie-in advertisement with the movie.

Title reference from dialogue: "Stingin' in the Rain".

Both movies have an assault on a cliffside or mountaintop bunker with a climbing sequence ; both have a small band of attackers dressed in resistance type clothes of which one is a woman.

The A.T.A.C. is similar to the Lektor, Kriegler is similar to Grant, Columbo is similar to Kerim Bey

Shot of Melina Havelock walking through woods with crossbow-and-arrow is similar to Tilly Masterston walking through woods in "Goldfinger'. Both these Bond Girls are out for revenge against a Bond Villain for killing loved one(s) and are both appoaching their target hit.

Beach fight ; the winter sports activities sequences are similar ; the epitaph in the opening scene of Bond's wife's tombstone is "we have all the time in the world" which were James Bond's last words to his late wife in 'OHMSSS' (1969) ; in both movies, Bond is with a Countess, on a beach, threatened by mooks, and kicks a gun out of a thug's hand, and wears a tuxedo without a jacket ; Bond at a casino with a Countess where the women are losing at Baccarat ; the opening teaser sequence unofficially features Blofeld just after Bond has visited his late wife's grave ; Melina is half-English, half-Greek whilst Tracy was half-English, half-Italian ; Bond is allied with a crime syndicate figure who doesn't sell drugs ; Bond escapes in both movies by riding in the car of the female lead who does the majority of the driving ; both movies have a wedding scene ; Bond rides in a helicopter piloted by someone else ; both movies have Bond speaking with a priest ; both movies are partly set in Alps ; both show a Bond Girl on ice and have Bond on skis getting shot at, and have a bobsled track chase sequence ; mountain climbers are shown in both movies ; both movies have a Germanic female character who is in charge of girl(s) ; in both movies Bond and the crime syndicate allie assault a mountaintop bunker.

Title spoof. Bond tied up with Bond Girl and on top of mountain.

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Assault on Rainmaker's villa by Christina with a crossbow is taken from this film; villains surprised by henchman being shot in the back with an arrow at the pool, and Goldson and Johnny being startled by Christina aiming her crossbow in the woods.