20 Things You Didn’t Know About Live And Let Die (1973)

14. The Phone Company’s Not Going To Like This

Live and Let Die Bond Solitaire
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When Double-0 Seven trails Kananga’s men into Harlem, much is made of him being a fish out of water due to racial tensions.

For the same reason, the “uptown” location was dangerous for the filmmakers, who purportedly had to pay protection money to film there and were firmly encouraged to leave when that money ran out.

They also upset both the residents and the utility companies during filming. For the sequence in which Bond is led down a seedy back alley by Mr Big’s men, the art department cut down what they thought were inactive cables to make the location look even more dilapidated.

However, a telephone company repairman soon appeared following complaints that someone had been cutting the wires down, preventing the local residents from using their telephones, causing much embarrassment.

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