Written by Mr. Mouseburger 2nd Apr 2006
Kindly submitted by Alex
Donald "Red" Grant is a murderous assassin hired by SPECTRE to kill James Bond and Tatiana Romanova, in order to obtain a Russian Lektor decoder for SPECTRE so that they can sell it to the highest bidder.
Grant has drugged Romanova and has Bond at gunpoint on a train. When Bond offers to pay Grant to have one last cigarette, Grant takes the fifty gold sovereigns that Bond was going to pay him with out of Bond's briefcase. Grant then gets greedy and tries to take more out of British agent Nash's case, but he opens it incorrectly and triggers the hidden security device, a tear gas canister, which explodes in his face.
Bond uses this moment to attack Grant, and throws his gun out the window. The two then scuffle in an expertly shot and amazingly realistic fistfight. Bond uses punches, while Grant's tactic is throws and charges, but soon Grant grabs Bond from behind and starts using the hidden wire in his watch to strangle Bond.
Bond, however, has one last trick up his sleeve, in the form of a throwing knife concealed in his briefcase, which he uses to stab Grant in the shoulder, which causes Grant to release his hold. Bond then grabs the wire coming from Grant's watch and wraps it around his throat. With the tables turned, Bond squeezes until Grant gasps no more, and drops the lifeless body on a nearby seat.
As said by Red Grant while holding Bond at gunpoint:
"The first one won't kill you; not the second, not even the third... not till you crawl over here and you KISS MY FOOT!"
How could Mr. Trebeck not include this!?
Grant's corpse was still on the train as it left does that count as "vanishing corpse'?
The simple answer? No. The long-winded answer? "Vanishing Corpse" as far as I know only applies when the body disappears through magic, or if it disintegrates somehow, or if the filmmakers forgot to include it in a scene where we know, by all rights, it ought to be there. In Grant's case, his body leaves with the train, but does not disappear; we never see it vanish before our eyes, nor is another scene shot in that train car where Grant's body is missing without explanation.
This is just my opinion, but I believe Grant should be a Baddy (Major), for he was one of the 4 big players in the film's convoluted plot.
Blofeld - Called for a plan
Kronsteen - Made a plan
Klebb - Put the plan into action
Grant - Carried out the plan
Also, Since Bond used the Garrote wire, this should definately count as "Own Weapon".
p.s. Did you know that Kronsteen and Klebb are now spelled correctly?
I agree with Mr. Brigg, he was for sure baddy (major), and he was spent to kill Bond and steal the machine, he pretty much did most of the work.
I'll just bump this up again, so he can be listed as Baddy (Major)