Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes is an eccentric underwater saboteur who can't stand women but loves cats! Well there you have it. This was probably the very approach director Andrew V McLaglen took when pitching the idea to Universal Pictures. Based on the book 'Esther, Jennifer & Ruth' by Jack Davies, the story follows a psychotic madman played by Anthony Perkins who's determined to blow up the largest oil rig in the North Sea unless the British Government pays him a king's ransom. Attempting to stop him is Roger Moore as Ffolkes and James Mason as Admiral Brinsdon from her majesty's Royal Navy. Made in 1980 Roger More stars as Ffolkes, incidentally the movie was distributed in the US as 'Ffolkes' and not 'North Sea Hijack', the rest of the world title and much better if you ask me. Presumably the American audience would have trouble understanding what and where the North Sea was so they opted for an alternative title! Roger Moore, choosing to attempt a break from the secret agent persona he had acquired with James Bond, decided to grow a beard for this role and if ever an award were to be given for facial hair assisting in a performance this beard would win hands down, or nose down depending on how you look at it. Speaking as a beard wearer myself, Roger's unflattering facial garb might have something to do with the fair to poor reception the film received upon release.