Editing Roger Moore (section)

====''Moonraker'' (1979)====
[[File:Roger Moore at the sets of Sea Wolves.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Roger Moore in 1979.]]
Moore followed the success of his fourth outing as Bond, ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' (1979), with an action film, ''[[North Sea Hijack]]'' (1980), also known as ''ffolkes''. Moore played a very un-Bond-like hero, opposite [[Anthony Perkins]]. The film was a box-office disappointment.<ref>"If a film chews gum, it's American", ''The Guardian'' (1959–2003) [London (UK)] 5 July 1980: 9.</ref>

Better received was ''[[The Sea Wolves]]'' (1980), another World War Two adventure which reunited many of the crew from ''The Wild Geese'' including Euan Lloyd and McLaglen. It was based on the true story of a March 1943 event in British India and Portuguese Goa, in which a group of retired members of the [[Calcutta Light Horse]], colonelled by David Niven's character, assist regular British Army operatives, played by Moore and [[Gregory Peck]], in destroying German ships in neutral [[Mormugao]] harbour, all the time surrounded by German spies and Indian nationalist intrigue. [[Trevor Howard]], [[Patrick Macnee]], and [[Barbara Kellerman]] also co-star, with a who's-who lineup of British character actors.

Moore was in two all-star comedies: ''[[Sunday Lovers]]'' (1980), which flopped at the box office, and ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'' (1981), which was a hit. The latter featured an ensemble cast, including [[Jackie Chan]], [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Dom DeLuise]], [[Sammy Davis Jr]], and [[Farrah Fawcett]].