{"id":2055986,"date":"2025-09-28T18:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2055986"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:22:13","slug":"the-wild-story-behind-how-a-fake-james-bond-film-crew-used-moonraker-hoping-to-arrest-a-famous-fugitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-wild-story-behind-how-a-fake-james-bond-film-crew-used-moonraker-hoping-to-arrest-a-famous-fugitive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wild Story Behind How A Fake James Bond Film Crew Used Moonraker Hoping To Arrest A Famous Fugitive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Danjaq, LLC and MGM.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">British fugitive Ronnie Biggs spent decades on the run from the law in the United Kingdom. The government and the public knew where he was most of that time, as he was openly living in Brazil, exploiting the country\u2019s lack of an extradition agreement with the U.K. It turns out, he was almost tricked into getting arrested by officials when they posed as crew members of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/james-bond-movies-order-watch-144441825.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:James Bond film;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">James Bond film<\/a>, <em>Moonraker<\/em>, starring Roger Moore. Here\u2019s what happened.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"View of a cable car in Moonraker\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Mt5Dvz.ocNXolqDT3KD1fQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/82a0721a494c4a2f37dd289aed692678\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: United Artists<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Biggs Had Ducked Arrest For More Than Three Decades<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Biggs was part of the crew that pulled off the infamous Great Train Robbery in England in 1963 (not to be confused with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/news\/2557339\/the-best-movies-based-on-michael-crichton-books-ranked\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:movie based on a Michael Crichton book;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">movie based on a Michael Crichton book<\/a> of the same name). He was caught, along with most of his cohorts, a few weeks after the robbery and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. He escaped after serving 15 months, and first fled to Paris, then Australia, before finally settling in Rio de Janeiro in 1970.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While in Rio, Biggs basically lived out in the open. By the time the press discovered where he was, his Brazilian girlfriend was pregnant, and Brazil wouldn\u2019t allow the father of a Brazilian to be extradited. So, Biggs was pretty much free to do whatever he wanted, and for the next 31 years, he often gave interviews and created publicity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Roger Moore and Lois Chiles climbing onto the top of a cable car in Moonraker.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/A5FoyjvWn1L2JWqPOwrprA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/5abe00cf3b969838881e8ec624a23b45\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Danjaq, LLC and MGM<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">The Kidnapping Attempt Using The Bond Production<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 1979, a former soldier in the U.K. military named John Miller posed as a stuntman for the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/news\/2555559\/roger-moores-james-bond-movies-ranked\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Roger Moore-era Bond film;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Roger Moore-era Bond film<\/a> <em>Moonraker<\/em>. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/32-exotic-locations-james-bond-230404920.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bond film was being shot;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Bond film was being shot<\/a> in Brazil at the time, and Moore knew Biggs\u2019 quest for attention and used this to his advantage. Miller made contact with Biggs, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/luxurylondon.co.uk\/culture\/entertainment\/the-kidnapping-of-the-great-train-robber-ronnie-biggs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reportedly \u201coffered\u201d him \u00a35,000;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reportedly \u201coffered\u201d him \u00a35,000<\/a> for a cameo in the movie. Biggs was to be flown to Northern Brazil, then taken by boat to the set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, it was all a ruse. Miller had no connection to the movie\u2019s production, and it seems his mouth was as big as Biggs\u2019. Miller supposedly told a reporter what his plan was, and that reporter passed the information on to Biggs. Hip to the deception, Biggs never showed up to the meeting, and he once again dodged an attempted arrest. In 2003, 40 years after the heist, Biggs returned to England and was arrested. He spent the next six years in jail and died in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This whole charade that was cooked up by John Miller was hardly <em>Argo<\/em>, the fake movie production created by Canadian and American spies to facilitate the escape of hostages in Iran in 1979, and the story turned into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name in 2012. Eon Productions, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/movies\/james-bond-a-long-lost-moonraker-script-has-been-found-and-its-a-big-deal-for-007-fans-on-several-fronts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:which was making Moonraker;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">which was making <em>Moonraker<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> wasn\u2019t in on it, nor was the British government. It was a bit like Dog the Bounty Hunter concocting a scheme to catch a fugitive. It didn\u2019t work, but the story would make for a pretty fun movie, though, probably not <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/bond-26-denis-villeneuve-more-173258226.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the next Bond movie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the next Bond movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Danjaq, LLC and MGM. British fugitive Ronnie Biggs spent decades on the run from the law in the United Kingdom. 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