Editing Roger Moore (section)

==== ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) ====
Moore returned for a third outing as Bond in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977), which was a massive box-office success. It also starred [[Barbara Bach]] and [[Richard Kiel]] in his first appearance as the villain [[Jaws (James Bond)|Jaws]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Richard Kiel Dies at 74; Played Jaws in Bond Films|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/arts/richard-kiel-dies-at-74-played-jaws-in-bond-films.html?_r=0|first=Bruce|last=Weber|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 September 2014|access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref> He returned to South Africa for a third action movie shot there, ''[[The Wild Geese]]'' (1978), produced by [[Euan Lloyd]] and directed by [[Andrew V. McLaglen]]. It was a sizeable hit in Britain and Europe but, like ''Shout at the Devil'', less so in the US.<ref name="film">"The Global Film: Will It Play in Uruguay?: The Global Film". By John M. Wilson. ''[[The New York Times]]'', 26 November 1978: D1.</ref> The cast featured [[Richard Burton]], who had top billing, and Richard Harris.

Moore played the lead in ''[[Escape to Athena]]'' (1979) partly financed by Lew Grade. It was a heist adventure set in war-time Greece, and stars [[Telly Savalas]] and David Niven, and features mostly American character actors, including [[Elliott Gould]], [[Stefanie Powers]], [[Richard Roundtree]], [[Sonny Bono]], and Italian actress [[Claudia Cardinale]]. Roger Moore (with top billing) plays a charming former Austrian antiquities dealer turned crooked camp commandant, asked to guard Greek antiquities desired by the Third Reich, and also guard the collection of archaeologists who are being forced to work to find and recover these objects, but he has other plans for the treasure he guards and for the people under his watch.