 Their role begins during the pre-title.After the mysterious death of Fekkish, SMERSH appears yet again, this time capturing and torturing Bond for the whereabouts of the microfilm that retains plans for a submarine tracking system (Bond escapes after killing two of the interrogators).The appearance of SMERSH conflicts with a number of Bond stories, including the film "The Living Daylights" (1987), in which General Leonid Pushkin remarks that SMERSH has been defunct for over 20 years.