Fox-hunting/Human Hunting Scenes in Spy Novels/Films/TV?

Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,689MI6 Agent
edited August 2016 in General James Bond Chat
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Can any members here provide references to spy thrillers/spy films/spy TV shows that feature any of the following:

Fox hunting,

Pheasant or Grouse Shooting,

Human Hunting,

Underwater Hunting.

There are a few that come to mind for me:

The spy thriller novels of John Welcome (pseudonym of Michael Brennan)

Rogue Male (1939) by Geoffrey Household (hunting down a Hitler-like dictator)

'From A View to A Kill' (1960) by Ian Fleming - fox hunting theme - 'D'ye ken John Peel' lyrics (where the short story title is taken from),

Octopussy (1983) - Human hunting of Bond by Prince Kamal Khan and company on safari elephant-back.

I'm writing a little something on this topic regarding James Bond and I wanted to pick the brains of members here to see if they could come up with some more examples. I am especially interested in fox-hunting scenes in spy novels because of the link with Ian Fleming's 'From A View to A Kill' (1960).
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).

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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,689MI6 Agent
    Please only make your replies to this thread - the top thread is a double post that I've asked the AJB moderators to delete for me. Sorry and thanks.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Agent provocateur, as one of the members of your beloved CBn called you :D
  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    Oh god here we go again.....

    I can't help ya here, in the voice of the immensely grumpy Duncan Banatine;

    Am oot!!
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,689MI6 Agent
    You two again - at least we're friends now (I think).

    Seriously though - this was kind of the thread I originally meant to publish here first. :) -{

    This is the sort of topic I meant - one without any controversy, this time (hopefully).
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,689MI6 Agent
    edited September 2012
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    Agent provocateur, as one of the members of your beloved CBn called you :D

    No, I think you'll find you read the thread over on CBn more carefully that I said I was NOT an agent provocateur as a member was implying there, but did not in fact actually say. If you're going to quote someone, make sure you do so accurately, otherwise people get confused and you waste their time. :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Well I'l have another Go. ;)

    Moonraker, In the pheasant shooting scene Where Drax says it's such good sport.
    Bond replies "Not if you're a pheasant ", Which I always thought meant Bond wasn't a fan.
    The hunt in Octopussy is a variant of "The Most Dangerous Game " 1932. In
    which a shipwreck suvivor is hunted by the owner of an Island, and has been used
    in numerious movies since.
    The Omen 3 had a very good Fox hunting sequence, and that's about it for Me.
    On TV The Irish RM had a few hunting scenes along with Midsomer Murders.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Sorry SM, you are simply trolling here 8-)
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,689MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Sorry SM, you are simply trolling here 8-)

    Something which, to quote Thunderball's Fiona Volpe,"you know so much about". 8-)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,236MI6 Agent
    Not spy, but a recent episode of Futurama parodied fox hunting: http://theinfosphere.org/31st_Century_Fox
    1 - LALD, 2 - AVTAK, 3 - LTK, 4 - OP, 5 - NTTD, 6 - FYEO, 7 - SF, 8 - DN, 9 - DAF, 10 - TSWLM, 11 - OHMSS, 12 - TMWTGG, 13 - GE, 14 - MR, 15 - TLD, 16 - YOLT, 17 - GF, 18 - DAD, 19 - TWINE, 20 - SP, 21 - TND, 22 - FRWL, 23 - TB, 24 - CR, 25 - QOS

    1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,274MI6 Agent
    Fox hunting features in Hitchcock's Marnie, which of course starred SeanConnery.
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  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Largo, Fiona and Bond all hunt clay disks in Largo's backyard.
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    And now for something completely different.

    Monty Python - Hunting Sketch
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flj3SvahA3I
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Fox hunting features in Hitchcock's Marnie, which of course starred SeanConnery.
    Holy moley! Good work! :D
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,274MI6 Agent
    Human hunting, loads of films, mainly Arnie's The Running Man, possibly Martin Campbell's No Way Out if I recall and bloodthirsty Battle Royale stuff.
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,689MI6 Agent
    edited August 2016
    Can we think of any more examples (especially of fox-hunting in thrillers)?

    I'm revisiting this old topic again. -{

    I'm going to finally write something on FAVTAK after having had an idea to do something on it since about 2008 or so.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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