Haig and Haig Pinchbottle is a blended scotch whisky in a unique three-sided bottle. The bottle was actually trademarked in the United States in 1958. In Live and Let Die at Sugar Ray’s, Bond and Leiter have scotch-and-soda with Haig and Haig Pinchbottle. When Bond returns to his hotel room after his “meeting” with Mr … Read more
In Live and Let Die, James Bond spends an evening in Harlem, accompanied by Felix Leiter. Harlem is a large neighborhood on the northern section of Manhattan. After Martinis at the St Regis, they take a bus to Harlem. First stop is Sugar Ray’s which is on Seventh Avenue at 123 Street. This was a real … Read more
“He had a typical American meal at an eating house called ‘Gloryfried Ham-N-Eggs’ (‘The Eggs We Serve Tomorrow Are Still in the Hens’) on Lexington Avenue and then took a cab downtown to police headquarters, where he was due to meet Leiter and Dexter at 2.30.” (‘Live and Let Die,’ Ian Fleming, Pan Books Ltd., … Read more
When James Bond is preparing to take on the case of Mr Big in Live and Let Die, he refers to this book by Patrick Leigh Fermor for some background on voodoo and Baron Samedi. The Traveller’s Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands The book is recommended to Bond by M, who says: ‘It’s … Read more
One of the main plotlines of Live and Let Die is about treasure coins suddenly flooding the market, and being used to pay for criminal activities. When James Bond is receiving his briefing from M on the case, the chief tells of a tale about some of the treasure of the Pirate Blackbeard: ‘This Blackbeard … Read more
In Live and Let Die, when Bond is collected at Idewild airport and shuttled to the St Regis, Agent Halloran takes him in a car which is described this way: Directly outside a black Buick waited, its engine sighing quietly. They climbed in. Bond’s two light suitcases were in front next to the driver. Bond … Read more
In the New York portion of Live and Let Die, James Bond spends his nights at the St Regis, a hotel built by John Jacob Astor IV as a companion to the Waldorf-Astoria. The hotel opened in 1904. They drew up at the best hotel in New York, the St Regis, at the corner of … Read more
On several occasions during Live and Let Die, Ian Fleming has James Bond drinking “Old Grandad” bourbon. On the train with Solitaire: Bond ordered Old Fashioneds, and stipulated ‘Old Grandad’ Bourbon, chicken sandwiches, and decaffeined ‘Sanka’ coffee so that their sleep would not be spoilt. Before his encounter with The Robber: He drank a quarter … Read more
From the moment the B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser taxied up to the International Air Terminal at Idlewild, James Bond was treated like royalty. – Live and Let Die. This is one case where the old days were definitely better. More comfortable at a minimum. Bond enjoys the luxury of the stratocruiser, flying it also in Diamonds Are … Read more
We’re introduced to this car in Casino Royale. He also drives this car in Live and Let Die and Moonraker. Bond’s car was his only personal hobby. One of the last of the 4½-litre Bentleys with the supercharger by Amherst Villiers, he had bought it almost new in 1933 and had kept it in careful … Read more