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For Your Eyes Only

1981. Directed by John Glen, written by Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson and Ian Fleming.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    13 women characters. 8 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 2 scenes out of 319.
  3. Yes 3. About something besides a man
    In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

Poster for For Your Eyes Only

The film

After disposing of a familiar looking face, Bond is sent to recover a communication device, known as an A.T.A.C., which went down with a British spy ship as it sunk. Bond must hurry though, as the Russians are also out for this device. On his travels, he also meets Melina Havelock, whose parents were brutally murdered. Bond also encounters Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo. Each of them are accusing the other of having links with with the Russians. Bond must team up with Melina, solve who the true ally is, and find the A.T.A.C. before it's too late.

Released
26 Jun 1981
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Rated
PG
IMDb
6.7 / 10
Metascore
54 / 100
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 9 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Bond 172 lines, man
  2. Melina 61 lines, woman
  3. Bibi 32 lines, woman
  4. Kristatos 24 lines, man
  5. Lisl 19 lines, woman
  6. Columbo 18 lines, man
  7. Distatos 10 lines
  8. Brink 8 lines, woman
  9. Q 6 lines
  10. Ferrara 5 lines, man
Full cast, 45 people
  • Roger Moore as James Bond
  • Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock
  • Chaim Topol as Milos Columbo
  • Julian Glover as Aristotle Kristatos
  • Lynn-Holly Johnson as Bibi Dahl
  • Cassandra Harris as Countess Lisl von Schlaf
  • Jill Bennett as Jacoba Brink
  • Michael Gothard as Emile Leopold Locque
  • John Wyman as Erich Kriegler
  • Jack Hedley as Sir Timothy Havelock
  • Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
  • Desmond Llewelyn as Q
  • Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
  • Walter Gotell as General Anatol Gogol
  • James Villiers as Tanner
  • John Moreno as Luigi Ferrara
  • Charles Dance as Claus
  • Paul Angelis as Karageorge
  • Toby Robins as Iona Havelock
  • Jack Klaff as Apostis
  • Alkis Kritikos as Santos
  • Stag Theodore as Nikos
  • Stefan Kalipha as Hector Gonzales
  • Graham Crowden as First Sea Lord
  • Noel Johnson as Vice Admiral
  • William Hoyland as McGregor
  • Paul Brooke as Bunky
  • Fred Bryant as Vicar
  • Robbin Young as Girl in Flower Shop
  • Graham Hawkes as Mantis Man
  • Janet Brown as Margaret Thatcher, Primera Ministra
  • John Wells as Denis Thatcher, esposo de la Primera Ministra
  • Maureen Bennett as Sharon, Q's Assistant (uncredited)
  • Andy Bradford as Guard at St. Cyril (uncredited)
  • Jeremy Bulloch as Smithers
  • Eva Rueber-Staier as Rublevich
  • George Sweeney as Helicopter Pilot
  • Lalla Dean as Girl at Pool (uncredited)
  • Sheena Easton as Herself - Singer in Title Sequence (uncredited)
  • John Hollis as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
  • Greg Powell as Henchman (uncredited)
  • Vanya Seager as Girl Who Kisses Henchman (uncredited)
  • Chai Lee as Girl at Pool (uncredited)
  • Bob Simmons as Henchman Lotus Explosion Victim (uncredited)
  • Caroline Cossey as Girl at Pool (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 7 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 18% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 319

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 703
8 to 1400
15 to 2100
22 to 2800
29 to 3500
36 to 4200
43 to 4900
50 to 5605
57 to 6311
64 to 7060
71 to 7729
78 to 8400
85 to 9102
92 to 9802
99 to 10524
106 to 11200
113 to 11901
120 to 126522
127 to 13301
134 to 140521
141 to 14724
148 to 1541821
155 to 16145
162 to 16800
169 to 17500
176 to 18200
183 to 18976
190 to 196117
197 to 2031019
204 to 2101120
211 to 217022
218 to 2241511
225 to 23100
232 to 238211
239 to 24501
246 to 25200
253 to 259215
260 to 26629
267 to 2731110
274 to 28012
281 to 28720
288 to 29427
295 to 30132
302 to 30811
309 to 31514
316 to 31921

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
IONA: Bow are yo~. darling? MELINA: Very well, thank you, mother.
IONA: Your call from Athens was such a pleasant surprise. MELINA: I was lucky to find you. You left Crete so suddenly.
BIBI: Burry! Unless you want me to go without you! BRINK: You know I will never leave you, Liebcben. She packs more rapidly.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 34 are women's.

128 lines from women, 249 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

13 women and 29 men in the cast. 8 women and 15 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 26 of 461. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 34 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 33% of the words (1,768), men 67% (3,583). Women have 34% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 16% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
John Glen (man)
Written by
Richard Maibaum (man), Michael G. Wilson (man)
From the novel by
Ian Fleming (man)
Produced by
Albert R. Broccoli (man), Tom Pevsner (man)
Shot by
Alan Hume (man)
Edited by
John Grover (man)
Music by
Bill Conti (man)
Production design by
Peter Lamont (man)
Costumes by
Elizabeth Waller (woman)
Cast by
Debbie McWilliams (woman), Maude Spector (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Production

    2 women, 4 men

  • Art

    0 women, 4 men

  • Costume & Make-Up

    1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed

  • Other crew

    0 women, 3 men

  • Writing

    0 women, 3 men

  • Directing

    0 women, 2 men

  • Sound

    1 women, 1 men

  • Camera

    0 women, 1 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 32 on average. Men: 45 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Lynn-Holly Johnson 22, Carole Bouquet 23, Cassandra Harris 32, Jill Bennett 49

Men

John Wyman 36, Michael Gothard 42, Chaim Topol 45, Julian Glover 46, Jack Hedley 50, Roger Moore 53

Exhibit H: the money

It made 7.0 times what it cost.

Budget
$28 million
Box office
$195 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 319 scenes and 461 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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