In this adaptation of
Ian Fleming's 1955 novel, James Bond (
Roger Moore) must thwart Sir Hugo Drax (
Michel Lonsdale), who plans to wipe out all of humankind and replace it with a super race that he has cultivated in a massive space station. The girl in the case is American secret agent Holly Goodhead, intelligently played by
Lois Chiles. "Jaws," the steel-mouthed henchman played by
Richard Kiel in
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), makes a return appearance in Moonraker, turning good guy (complete with a girlfriend of his own) in the process.
Bernard Lee makes his last appearance as "M" in this most costly of James Bond's 1970s escapades. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide