List of James Bond henchmen in A View to a Kill

A list of henchmen from the 1985 James BOND film A View to a Kill from the List of James Bond henchmen.

May Day

May Day is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, played by actress Grace Jones.

The character makes a return in the multiplayer portion of the Nintendo 64 game, GoldenEye 007 and the multiplatform game, Nightfire.

Biography

May Day is the henchman and lover of chief villain Max Zorin. She is portrayed as the head of an all-female group of guards for Zorin. She also has superhuman strength, through her heavy use of anabolic steroids. In one scene, she lifts a man over her head with no apparent effort.

Early in the film, she kills Bond's French contact Achille Aubergine using a poisoned stage prop. Bond then goes on a chase to try to track her down. She first climbs the Eiffel Tower, with Bond in pursuit, and then parachutes from the structure. Bond then tries to follow her in a car, but she eventually gets away.

May Day and Bond next encounter one another at Zorin's horse farm during his annual thoroughbred sale. The two share an intimate evening (where May Day makes everything she can to top Bond during [...]), but shortly afterwards, she kills Bond's MI6 companion Sir Godfrey Tibbett while he is taking a Rolls-Royce through a car wash, and then collaborates with Zorin to try to drown Bond in the car. She is one of a select few henchmen to switch sides during a Bond film; others include (arguably) [...] Galore in Goldfinger and (unquestionably) Jaws in Moonraker and possibly Magda from Octopussy. The switch comes after Zorin floods a mine near Silicon Valley which he is using in his scheme to destroy the region, thereby cornering the market in microchips. Bond and companion Stacey Sutton try to escape the mine, with May Day in pursuit; Sutton gets away, but Bond and May Day fall into the floodwaters.

Once the waters start to subside, the two wind up together again, and see the bodies of some of her colleagues. She is immediately angry at Zorin, since he sees May Day and her partners as completely expendable, and is more than willing to help Bond foil Zorin's plan. The pair then go to a fault where Zorin has set a bomb whose detonation would cause a massive earthquake that would lead to the flooding of Silicon Valley.

May Day uses her strength to lower Bond to the bomb, lift Bond and the bomb back to the surface, and put the bomb on a handcar to send it out of the mine on an existing railroad line. However, the brakes on the car malfunction and unexpectedly activate. May Day realizes that the bomb can only be removed from the mine if she stays on the car and holds the brakes open. Bond tries to get her to jump and save herself, but she tells Bond AbOUT the brake problem. Her last words to Bond are "Get Zorin for me!"

As Zorin and his remaining henchmen are sitting in an airship over San Francisco Bay, looking at the culmination of their plan, they suddenly see May Day exiting the mine with the bomb. Zorin suddenly exclaims "May Day!", and the camera then changes to focus on her giving Zorin a defiant stare. The bomb then explodes, [...] her, but heroically foiling Zorin's plan.

Scarpine

Scarpine is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, played by actor Patrick Bauchau.

Biography

Scarpine is introduced to us after Bond clears through his Security Check with Pan Ho. He politely introduces himself to Bond and gives him all the necessary information about what events will be taking place at the horse sale and even takes him to the showing. He then sends Bond on his way to the guest quarters to be met by Jenny Flex.

Scarpine is later seen at the party, when Bond uses his polarizing glasses to see inside Zorin's office to spy on his meeting with Stacey. He asks how he's enjoying the party and Bond retorts with a name correction and speaks of how he'll have a good turnout for the sale. As Bond walks away, he sneers at him.

As Gogol comes to confront Zorin at the château and insult him. May Day strongarms the guard and Jenny Flex, Pan Ho, and Scarpine also come out pointing their guns at the KGB General who threatens Zorin that "no one ever leaves the KGB".

In San Francisco at the City Hall scene where Zorin kills Howe, Scarpine kills the receptionist and takes control of the ground floor. As Zorin sends Bond and Stacey in the elevator, Scarpine is ready at the controls to stop it in its descent. Zorin then uses Pan Ho's Molotov cocktails to set the lift alight. Scarpine meets up with his partners in crime and drives away in the car.

Later in the mine, we see Scarpine with Zorin for the majority of the time, though he is handed the dynamite by Jenny Flex, something that would later lead to her own demise. He is overseeing the miners' work by consulting with the mine foreman about the seepage issues, but then after the mine is flooded, he assists Zorin in the slaughter of all the innocent mine workers, May Day, Jenny Flex and Pan Ho.

During the conclusion of the film, Scarpine takes flight in the blimp with Zorin and tries to help him rid of Bond by piloting him into uncomfortable areas and even ramming him into the Golden Gate Bridge. However, after the blimp crashes Scarpine is knocked out by Stacey Sutton and is helpless for most of the fight. He then regains consciousness after Mortner's act of lunacy and tries to toss the dynamite out of the blimp but fails and is blown to smithereens and his remains plunge into the San Francisco Bay along with Zorin's and Mortner's.

Jenny Flex

Jenny Flex is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, played by actress Alison Doody.

Biography

Jenny Flex is one of two henchwomen to May Day, the other being Pan Ho. She is first seen in the film walking down the stairs to greet Bond at Max Zorin's château. After stating her name to Bond, he reacts in the same way he did to Plenty O'Toole in Diamonds Are Forever.

Later in the film, when Tibbett is going to get his car washed at the local BP garage so he can telephone M about 007's discoveries, Flex and Pan Ho provide a distraction while Tibbett gets the car washed so May Day can [...] him. She next is seen while Bond is being disposed of in the Rolls Royce.

When Gogol and his men confront Zorin, his henchmen including Flex, May Day, Scarpine, and Pan Ho outgun them forcing them to leave. In City Hall, when Zorin has killed Howe, Flex appears in the doorway with gasoline canisters and begins to douse the carpeting so the building can be set aflame. After this, we see her in the car looking at the destruction she's caused.

In the mine sequence, Flex hands Scarpine the tool which leads to her demise, the dynamite and then after Bond and Stacey are discovered, she chases them with May Day and Pan Ho. After being directed another way by May Day, Zorin decides to flood the fault before the personnel are evacuated much to Conley's protests. While the carnage ensues, the film cuts to Flex and Pan Ho, who are about to be washed away by the oncoming floodwaters. Jenny's dead body is later seen floating in the mine as May Day and Bond are escaping.

Pan Ho

Pan Ho is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, played by actress Papillon Soo Soo.

Biography

Pan Ho along with Jenny Flex and May Day make up Zorin's deadly trio and main henchwomen. Pan Ho is first seen checking security for the visitors arriving in the château. She stops Bond's Rolls-Royce and takes his invitation to read his name in a very thick Chinese accent.

Pan Ho is later seen at the party, chatting alongside Jenny Flex with the other guests. When Tibbett is getting the car washed and is about to telephone M, he is tailed by Jenny Flex and Pan Ho, providing a distraction so that May Day may strangle and [...] him. While Bond is being knocked unconscious in the Rolls-Royce, she is also present.

When Gogol comes to confront Zorin at the château and they insult Zorin. May Day strongarms the guard, Jenny Flex, Pan Ho, and Scarpine also come out pointing their guns at the KGB general who threaten Zorin about "No one ever leaving the KGB".

In San Francisco at the City Hall scene where Zorin kills Howe, Pan Ho can be seen in the background making Molotov cocktails to burn the building down and especially Bond and Stacey in the elevator. Shortly after, she hands the explosive to Zorin to drop on the elevator, rushes out with the gas canisters, and can be seen looking at the destruction she's caused.

In the mine, we see Pan Ho patrolling the grounds, with Zorin when the bomb is being armed and when he's trying to break into the mine shack. When Stacey and Bond are detected, she, May Day, and Flex chase after them and May Day separates the group. Zorin then decides to flood the fault much to Conley's protest and the film after the destruction ensues, cuts to Pan Ho and Jenny as they confront the oncoming floodwaters with a shriek. We see Pan Ho holding onto the ground for dear life but is swept away. We do not actually see her dead body but it's safe to assume she didn't make it.

• It's interesting to note that in the script Pan Ho gets all of Scarpine's lines up to "No, those are the servant's quarters". She also, instead of Scarpine, when Bond is being knocked out and put into the Rolls-Royce, is the one who pats down Bond and knocks him out cold with the gun. In the script, she had a much bigger part than just her one liner.

Hans Glaub/Carl Mortner

Dr. Hans Glaub, alias Dr. Carl Mortner, is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, played by Willoughby Gray.

Biography

Dr. Hans Glaub was a [...] German physician who conducted medical experiments on concentration camp inmates during World War II. One particular experiment would play a major role in the plot of the film—he had pregnant women injected with massive quantities of steroids in an attempt to create "super-children". The large majority of the pregnancies ended in miscarriage. A few babies were born and grew to be exceptionally intelligent; unfortunately for the survivors, the experiments had a severe side effect—psychosis. One of the babies born from the experiments was the film's villain, Max Zorin.

After the war, the victorious Western Allies sought to try Glaub as a war criminal, but he was spirited away by the Soviet Union, where he continued his experiments with steroids; the Soviets ordered him to be doping their athletes. Sometime during this period, he took the Mortner alias (in the German release version, Mortner's former identity was that of a Polish communist named Jan Kopersky). Sometime in the 1960s he had escaped the USSR, which Bond points out was the same exact time Zorin appeared in the West. While not directly mentioned in the film, it is strongly implied that Glaub/Mortner raised the young Zorin, explaining why Mortner is practically the only person Zorin somewhat cares for. He also worked with the adult Zorin, developing a doping program for Zorin's thoroughbred race horses.

He meets his end shortly after Bond and Zorin have their final fight on the Golden Gate Bridge. He awakens after having been knocked unconscious by Stacey Sutton in Zorin's airship immediately before the fight. When Mortner sees Zorin fall to his death from the bridge, he reacts violently. First, he pulls out a pistol and fires at Bond and Sutton. Once his pistol runs out of ammunition, he goes into a cabinet, pulls out a small bundle of dynamite, lights the fuse, and walks out toward the cabin door, seeking to throw the dynamite at Bond. Bond quickly reacts, grabbing the axe that Zorin had used in their fight and [...] the mooring rope, which Bond had previously tied to the bridge superstructure.

The shock of the unmooring causes Mortner to lose his balance, forcing him to let go of the dynamite, which rattles around the cabin. The shock also awakens Scarpine; the two struggle to grab the dynamite and throw it out. A now [...] Mortner grabs the dynamite, but by that time it is too late; the dynamite immediately explodes, [...] them and destroying the airship.

Bob Conley

Bob Conley is portrayed by Manning Redwood.

Conley is first seen at Max Zorin's party as Dr. Carl Mortner introduces him to Bond. He is introduced as a Texas businessman involved with oil, which makes Bond suspicious, as since a numerous number of people were involved with oil as well.

He is seen again with Zorin, as a pawn in his plan to dominate Silicon Valley. pumping sea water in the oil. He tells Zorin that the pump should flow at least the minimum amount. Zorin tells him to maximize it.

Conley is with Zorin inside the cave when project mainstrike is about to occur. Soon Zorin realizes that Conley's men can't be trusted anymore. He kills all of them, and is prepared to sacrifice May Day's life. Conley argues against this, but is hit in the back by Zorin's henchman Scarpine, who throws him off a ledge, allowing his own workers to attend to his presumably dying body whilst Zorin floods the fault.

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