Name: Campbell (Horsfall, Bernard)

Background:
See EMPLOYER

Employer:
Probably works for Draco, as Bond is on leave from MI6 when Campbell starts to help him -- and thus he probably isn't MI6's man in Switzerland.

How He Helped Bond:
Transports Bond's trunk featuring a safe decoder and photocopier to Bond while Bond is in Gumbold's office; waits around in the Swiss Alps while Bond is up in Blofeld's mountain-top abode.

What Happened To Him:
Gets himself killed by Blofeld's goons after trying to climb up the mountain.

Comments:
Campbell is pretty much a pointless character. One wonders why the producers were willing to pay an actor to fill this role. Granted, Campbell does help Bond because Bond couldn't carry that big trunk into the office building -- it would look mighty suspicious. But given the tiny safe decoder Bond used in the previous film, and the tiny camera Bond uses later in this film, he really doesn't need a big trunk filled with a big safe decoder and a big photocopier.

And why exactly does Campbell even try to climb up the mountain? He gets impatient, apparently. By contrast, Felix never comes in to help Bond until it's absolutely necessary.

Verdict:
1.0/4.0

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Name: Draco, Marc-Ange (Ferzetti, Gabriele)

Background:
Head of Draco Construction and other legitimate businesses as well as a major European crime syndicate, Union Corse. Wants to pay off a gentlemen to marry his troubled daugther. Bit of a chauvinist. Enjoys bullfights.

Employer:
Self-employed.

How He Helped Bond:
Offers his daugther to Bond for one million pounds; tells Bond of a connection between Blofeld and Gumbold, a Swiss lawyer; takes Bond and his own workers via helicopter to Blofeld's clinic; blows up clinic.

What Happened To Him:
Survives, but oulives his daughter, who is killed shortly after marrying Bond.

Comments:
What makes Draco most interesting is that he is the first of Bond's allies in the series to be a criminal. As Draco is the head of a major European crime syndicate, he may have a personal interest in seeing Blofeld defeated -- he does mention that he's lost a few men to SPECTRE over the years. Unfortunately, the movie never plays up this angle.

Unlike Blofeld, Draco understands that there's money to be made in legitimate businesses. But Blofeld is far too mad to recongnize the value of the free market -- if only he had, since he seems to be actually be able to cure allergies, and this ability could secure him millions. Thus, Draco serves as a nice counterpoint against Blofeld.

Like Tiger Tanaka in 'You Only Live Twice," Draco suffers from severely patriachical attitudes towards gender. Early in the film, Draco tells Bond, "What [my daughter] needs is a man -- to dominate her -- to make love to her to make her love him." He then offers Bond a million pounds to marry her. After they do wed, Draco tells Tracy to obey Bond "in all things." Such attitudes are distracting for a modern audience, and they really do not make him any more interesting a character.

Verdict:
3.0/4.0

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