Octopussy | Bede BD-5J 'Acrostar' Jet

Octopussy is taken from a short story in the 1996 short story collection of Ian Fleming. The collection's name is "Octopussy and The Living Daylights". The film's plot is mostly original. The director is John Glen, and the screenplay writers are George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, and Michael G. Wilson. Eon Productions produced the film in 1983.

Octopussy begins by tracking a fanatical Soviet general (Steven Berkoff) stealing jewelry and art objects from the Kremlin's art archives. Bond gets to know a saved Afghan prince, a rich man named Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan), and Khan's partner Octopussy (Maud Adams). They uncover a plot to force disarmament in Western Europe using nuclear weapons.

Octopussy cast:
- Roger Moore as James Bond.
- Maud Adams as Octopussy, a wealthy businesswoman and jewelry smuggler.
- Louis Jourdan as Kamal Khan, an exiled Afghan prince.
- Kristina Wayborn as Magda, Octopussy and Khan's subordinate.
- Kabir Bedi as Gobinda, Khan's powerful bodyguard.
- Steven Berkoff as General Orlov, a renegade Soviet general partnered with Khan.
- Vijay Amritraj as Vijay, Bond's MI6 ally in India.
- David Meyer and Anthony Meyer as Mischka and Grischka, Orlov's knife-throwing henchmen.
- Douglas Wilmer as Jim Fanning, an antiquities expert.
- Robert Brown as M.
- Walter Gotell as General Anatoly Gogol, director of the KGB.
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q.
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny, secretary of M.
- Geoffrey Keen as British Defense Secretary Frederick Gray.
- Albert Moses as Sadruddin, head of MI6 station in India.
- Bruce Boa as US Air Force General Peterson, commander of the US base in West Germany.
- Paul Hardwick as the President of the Soviet Union, who presides over the meeting between Orlov and Gogol.

In Octopussy, we witness Bond's power and excellent synergies with the Bede BD-5J - The world's smallest jet that has held the Guinness World Record for over a quarter of a century. The Bede BD-5J, or the Acrostar Jet, is an American single-seat light jet aircraft designed by Jim Bede and manufactured by Bede Aircraft of Medina, Ohio.

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