Michael Scott (Roger Moore) is an arms dealer. Julia Richardson is a single mother and freelance reporter. By chance, they are neighbors in an apartment building. While Michael is trying to sell a revolutionary gun to NATO during the annual war games held in Belgium, Julia is digging for a story that can paint the military in a negative light. Julia's ex-husband was a staff officer for General Henry Steedman (Lee J. Cobb), so she is a close friend of the general's wife, Diana Steedman (Shelley Winters). As a well-known arms dealer, Michael has pitched his gun to General Steedman. Inevitably, Michael and Julia find themselves thrust into one another's company. As a pacifist do-gooder, Julia is horrified by Michael's line of work but she also finds him attractive.
Not exactly a rom-com, but it has its moments of high-comedy; Lee J. Cobb answering the red phone at headquarters is the peak. I never thought of Cobb as a comedy actor. Roger Moore plays against type by having terrible luck with women. However, he does have that Bond talent for gambling. Susannah York is mostly a source of trouble. The general knows that she's going to paint him badly in a forthcoming article and, sure enough, she does. Moreover, she engineered a lot of the trouble. Considering that he had Sophie (Sydne Rome) as a steady bedmate, it was foolhardy for Michael to be making a pass at Julia.
Made between The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), the poster plays up Moore's Bond persona. That is solely for marketing and deceived viewers on what to expect.
Just okay.
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