Stacey Sutton
| Stacey Sutton | |
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| James Bond character | |
Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton
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| Portrayed by | Tanya Roberts |
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| Gender | Female |
| Affiliation | State of California Owner of Sutton Oil |
| Classification | Bond girl |
Stacey Sutton is a fictional character in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill. She is played by actress Tanya Roberts.
Stacey Sutton is the granddaughter of a California oil tycoon. She lives at Dunsmuir House, handed down to her from her paternal side. As heir apparent, Stacey was in line to take over the company her grandfather left her father. However, Sutton Oil was taken over by billionaire Max Zorin when Sutton's father died. Sutton is locked in a lawsuit against Zorin regarding ownership of the oil company. Because of her protracted legal battles with Zorin she has sold much of the house's furnishings. She works as a geologist for the state of California at San Francisco City Hall, under an official named Howe.
Sutton first appears at Max Zorin's mansion near Paris, where he is holding a high prestige horse sale. James Bond suspects foul play when he eavesdrops on Zorin writing her a cheque for $5 million. He later approaches her, and Sutton is initially suspicious.
Bond and Sutton meet again when she is about to be attacked by Zorin's henchmen sent to frighten her into accepting his $5 million check. She tears up the check, determined to fight harder rather than accept Zorin's bribe to give up her shares and drop her law suit. They team up after Sutton learns from Bond that Zorin is pumping sea water into oil wells. When Sutton tries to bring this to Howe's attention, she is fired and realizes the depth of Zorin's influence.
Zorin and Mayday capture Sutton and Bond at City Hall and frame them for murdering Howe. They trap Sutton and Bond in an elevator and set the elevator shaft on fire. Sutton and Bond escape the burning building. They steal a fire truck when officers on scene attempt to detain them for Howe's murder.
Bond and Sutton enter Zorin's mine undetected and discover Zorin put sea water into oil wells to submerge the Hayward and San Andreas faults. They realize Zorin plans to detonate both faults where they converge, flooding Silicon Valley in a double earthquake. This would allow Zorin to create his own microchip monopoly in the booming computer industry.
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