Welcher James Bond spielt in New Orleans?

Russische Agenten planen, den Vampirgrafen Dracula, dessen Grab sie in der Nähe von New Orleans gefunden haben wollen, zum Leben zu erwecken, um mit seiner Hilfe die Herrschaft über die Weltzu erlangen. Der Abenteurer Flynn Carsen hat allerdings etwas dagegen, und versucht, die Plände des KGB zu vereiteln.

James Bond’s 1973 outing, “Live and Let Die,” tops our list of 1970s and ’80s films made and set in New Orleans. It’s the first Bond movie to star Roger Moore as agent 007. The film features the Olympia Brass Band leading a jazz funeral through the French Quarter, a voodoo villain (Geoffrey Holder) and chase scenes at Lakefront Airport, Irish Bayou and Bayou Liberty.

Praised by some critics and reviled by others, 1978’s “Pretty Baby” fueled controversy with nude scenes of Brooke Shields, who was 12 when the movie was filmed here. She played a child who's sexually exploited in Storyville, the city’s notorious red light district. Susan Sarandon plays her mother, Hattie, and Keith Carradine portrays the real-life photographer Ernest J. Bellocq. Directed by Louis Malle, the film was shot at the Columns Hotel on St. Charles Avenue.

The hotel also appears in the 1984 thriller “Tightrope,” which features Clint Eastwood as a New Orleans police detective on the trail of a serial killer. Former WWL-TV anchor Angela Hill plays herself, questioning Eastwood on the steps of Criminal Court. Scenes include interiors of the old Dixie Brewery and a score featuring music by James Rivers Movement.

There’s lots of local music, scenery — and plenty of cliches — in 1986’s “The Big Easy,” starring Dennis Quaid as NOPD Detective Lt. Remy McSwain, with co-workers played by Ned Beatty and John Goodman. Quaid’s love interest is an assistant district attorney played by Ellen Barkin. The film features scenes at several local landmarks including Tipitina’s, Antoine’s, the Piazza d’Italia and Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World.

Finally, which 1980s film was shot here and in Baton Rouge and starred Paul Newman as a Louisiana governor? “Blaze,” based on the memoir of Bourbon Street burlesque star Blaze Starr, recounts the stripper’s infamous 1959 relationship with Gov. Earl K. Long. Lolita Davidovich portrayed Starr, who had a cameo herself in the 1989 film. It received an Oscar nomination for best cinematography.

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In New York, New Orleans und auf der Karibikinsel San Monique kommen binnen kürzester Zeit drei britische Agenten ums Leben. Der Geheimdienst Ihrer Majestät setzt seinen besten Agenten auf den Fall an: James Bond (Roger Moore), der sich sogleich aufmacht, an der Seite seines CIA-Kollegen Felix Leiter (David Hedison, Lizenz zum Töten) im Big Apple ein wenig auf den Busch zu klopfen. Die Spur führt zum Diplomaten Dr. Kananga (Yaphet Kotto, Alien), der gemeinsam mit dem Boss der Harlemer Unterwelt, Mr. Big, Drogengeschäfte im ganz großen Stil plant. Als 007 gemeinsam mit der ungeschickten CIA-Kollegin Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry, Absolute Evil) Kanangas Domizil ausmacht und mit dessen Medium Solitaire (Jane Seymour, Die Hochzeits-Crasher) durchbrennt, macht der Agent unliebsame Bekanntschaft mit Kanangas hünenhafter Leibwache Tee Hee (Julius Harris, Stoppt die Todesfahrt der U-Bahn 123), dem finsteren Voodoo-Baron Samedi (Geoffrey Holder, Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik) und zahlreichen gefräßigen Krokodilen…