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Arnold Williams playing Cab Driver 1
Starred In Live And Let Die (1973)
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Cab Driver 1 played by Arnold Williams is the third villain of Live And Let Die. Employed by Dr. Kananga, this cab driver is set up so he is just driving past when Bond calls a taxi outside the Oh Cult Voodoo Shop.
Bond tells the driver to follow the car in front. In a role reversal, Bond sits seriously in the back of the cab where the driver makes comical remarks to Bond. After he enters the Fillet of Soul restaurant, Cab Driver 1 radios to say Bond is on his way.
Cab Driver 1 re-appears later in the film, where once again he is just passing the airport where Solitaire and Bond enter the taxi. After a minute or two Bond is dubious about the driver when he realises he is going the wrong way. After locking the doors and a glass partition separates them, Cab Driver 1 amusingly comments, “Well hello again there Jim!” Once Cab Driver 1 drops off Bond and Solitaire he drives off and is not seen again.
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A comical henchmen working for Dr Kananga, Cab Driver 1 provides one of the highlights of the film. Making comical remarks at Bond, and later with Solitaire, he tells Bond to relax and take it easy, and to enjoy his ride to visit Mr Big. §
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