 Scriptwriter Tom Mankiewicz (qv) wrote a script for this movie  which was not used. Apparently sections of it ended up in  _Octopussy (1983)_ (qv) (the Acrostar jet sequence) and  _View to a Kill, A (1985)_ (qv) (the Eiffel Tower sequence).  Mankiewicz had previously written scripts for  _Diamonds Are Forever (1971)_ (qv), _Live and Let Die (1973)_ (qv)  and _Man with the Golden Gun, The (1974)_ (qv).