Distributional Values

To exemplify the power of distribution in relation to the number of values held in certain card combinations, we need only to turn to Agent 007, otherwise known as James Bond. The bridge deal was in the published book Moonraker by Mr. Ian Fleming, where James Bond played a hand of bridge against the arch-villain Hugo Drax.

Note: It is important to remember that no bridge game was played between these two gentlemen in the film version. The description of the bridge game is only in the published book. No reason has been provided as to why the bridge game was not included in the film.

Cast of the Film Version

Roger Moore:	James Bond
Lois Chiles:	Dr. Holly Goodhead
Michael Lonsdale:	Hugo Drax
Richard Kiel:	Jaws

Pictures from the Film Version

Roger Moore as Agent 007 Lois Chiles as Dr. Holly Goodhead

 

Michael Lonsdale as Hugo Drax

 

Richard Kiel as Jaws

 

Production and Film Release

The film was produced by Mr. Albert R. Broccoli, Mr. Michael G. Wilson, and Mr. William P. Cartidge. The film was directed by Mr.Lewis Gilbert, Mr. John Glen, Mr. Ernest Day. The movie was filmed on location in Venice, Rio DeJaneiro, and France.

The film was released in the United States on June 29, 1979. Source. (Note: other release dates are quoted.)

The mission of James Bond and the CIA Operative Holly Goodhead was to stop a modern day Armageddon. Hugo Drax was obsessed with the conquest of outer space, in order to destroy the planet Earth, and then to create a race of beautiful people living in the heavens, worshipping him.

James Bond challenges Hugo Drax to a game of bridge (Note: not in the film version), which was to symbolically illustrate the power of distributional values in relation to possessed values. Of course, James Bond devised a manner to stack the deck before the cards were dealt, and properly placed Hugo Drax, so that he was sitting West of James Bond, who sat South.

The Deal of the Cards

	Partner Q8765432 AQ1084
Drax AKQJ AKQJ AK KJ9		Partner 65432 109872 J109
	Bond 10987 6543 76532
North-South: Vulnerable

South	West	North	East	Meaning
Bond	Drax	Partner	Partner
1	Double	7	Pass	As prearranged, North jumps immediately to a grand slam in Clubs.
Pass	Double	Pass	Pass
Redouble	Pass	Pass	Pass	Knowing the outcome 007 redoubles with certainty.

As the cards lie, East has to lead, and it does not matter what East leads, the contract of 7 Clubs redoubled can not be defeated. James Bond writes down 2660 on the scorepad.