James Bond reference...
I'm not going to go looking back through the whole film, but somewhere I believe in the first third or so in one of the company's business meetings, when someone has the idea that there might be a double-crosser in the room, Roger Moore says something along the lines of "Oh come on, now don't be silly! Business isn't all intrigue and spies, you know. We're not all James Bond!".
When watching this scene, I first assumed it was a comical reference to Moore's playing James Bond in other films. Looking around online, though, it seems that Moore made this film, "T.M.W.H.H.", three years BEFORE he himself starred as James Bond... in SIX movies! That's a pretty huge coincidence...
So it wasn't a self-referential gag, unless... could he have known that he was to be the next James Bond? Doubtful - if this film were made a year or less before his 1st Bond film, I'd say that's a good possibility, but being 3 years before I seriously doubt he had an idea he'd be the next Bond. Watching this movie, however, the character he plays is definitely Bond-like in a lot of ways - it's almost as if James Bond were stuck in a Hitchcock film, lol.
In fact, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this were the movie that convinced so-and-so-whoever that Moore would be the PERFECT Bond..
Just an observation :)
Anybody know if this was more than a wacky coincidence?