Bob Conley is a fictional character in the James Bond film, A View To A Kill, portrayed by Manning Redwood.

Manning Redwood as Bob Conley in ‘A View To A Kill’.

Conley is first seen at Max Zorin’s party as Dr Carl Mortner introduces him to Bond. He is introduced as a Texas businessman involved with oil, which makes Bond suspicious, as since a numerous number of people were involved with oil as well. Before working with Zorin, Conley worked in a South African gold mine, but hastily escaped when a cave-in caused the 20 deaths of his fellow workers, leading to his departure from South Africa. Later in the film, Conley can be seen in the meeting room located in the interior Zorin’s airship

He is seen again with Zorin, as a pawn in his plan to dominate Silicon Valley, pumping sea water in the oil. He tells Zorin that the pump should flow at least the minimum amount. Zorin tells him to maximise it, which he hesitates to do.

Conley is with Zorin inside the cave when Project: Main Strike is about to start while Zorin is arming the detonator. His men then lower Conley standing on the crane positioning the detonator into the pit filled with literally tons of explosives. Conley then places it in the correct spot, and then yells for his men to raise him back up. When 007 and geologist Stacey Sutton are detected, Zorin commands Conley to “close up the entrance; nobody gets out.”

Soon Zorin realises that Conley’s men can’t be trusted anymore. He kills all of them, and is prepared to sacrifice May Day’s life. Conley argues against this, but is hit in the back by Zorin’s henchman Scarpine and throws him off a ledge. The workers rush to aid the presumably dying Conley while Zorin floods the fault. The workers are forced to leave Conley for dead when Zorin massacres the workers.

See also:

• Bond henchmen