who played the role of this field operative?
Pierce Brosnan.
The World Is Not Enough
and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. 
where is the world is not enough filmed Filming locations included Spain, France, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and the UK, with interiors shot at Pinewood Studios. who directed it? Michael Apted. what is the storyline? MI6 field operative James Bond arrives at a Swiss bank in Bilbao, Spain, to retrieve money for British oil tycoon Sir Robert King from a Swiss banker claiming to return the money King had used to buy a stolen MI6 report taken from a murdered MI6 operative.
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The World Is Not Enough [SEP] Introduction
The World Is Not Enough is a 1999 spy film and the nineteenth in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Bruce Feirstein. It was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The title is taken from the Bond family coat of arms taken from English heraldic Arms and seen first in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". The film's plot revolves around the assassination of billionaire Sir Robert King by the terrorist Renard, and Bond's subsequent assignment to protect King's daughter Elektra, who had previously been held for ransom by Renard.