Dr No (1962)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1962
Running Times: 105 mins     110 mins
Format: Technicolor     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1 (negative ratio)     1.66:1 (intended ratio for European prints)     1.85:1 (intended ratio for US prints)
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Eon Productions
Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Production Manager: L.C. Rudkin

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather, Terence Young
Novel: Ian Fleming

DIRECTION
Director: Terence Young
Assistant Director: Clive Reed
2nd Assistant Director: David Anderson (uncredited)
3rd Assistant Director: John Meadows (uncredited)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ted Moore
Camera Operator: John Winbolt
Clapper Loader: Alan Jones (uncredited)
Focus Puller: John Shinerock (uncredited)
Stills: Bert Cann (uncredited)

EDITING
Editor: Peter Hunt
Assistant Editor: Ben Reyner

MUSIC
Music: Monty Norman
Music Conducted By: Eric Rogers
Orchestrations: Burt Rhodes
James Bond Theme Performed By: John Barry and Orchestra

SOUND
Sound Recording: Wally Milner, John Dennis
Dubbing Editor: Archie Ludski, Norman Wanstall
Boom Operator: Don Wortham (uncredited)

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: John O'Gorman
Hair: Eileen Warwick
Costumes: Tessa Welborn
Wardrobe Master: John Brady (uncredited)
Wardrobe Mistress: Eileen Sullivan (uncredited)

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Frank George
Main Title Designer: Maurice Binder
Animation: Trevor Bond

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Ken Adam
Set Dresser: Freda Pearson
Chief Draughtsman: Alan Tomkins (uncredited)

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Helen Whitson
Production Accountant: Stanley Sopel (uncredited)
Accountant: Len Chance (uncredited)
Production Secretary: Maureen Whitty (uncredited)
Director of Publicity: Roy McGregor (uncredited)
Unit Publicist: Jean Garioch (uncredited)

LOCATIONS
Locations: Ocho Rios, Jamaica; Trinidad
Studio: Pinewood Studios, England

STUNTS
Chief Stuntman: Bob Simmons (uncredited)

CASTING
Casting: James Liggat (uncredited)

CAST
Sean Connery (James Bond)
Ursula Andress (Honey Ryder)
Joseph Wiseman (Dr No)
Jack Lord (Felix Leiter)
Bernard Lee (M)
Anthony Dawson (Professor Dent)
John Kitzmiller (Quarrel)
Zena Marshall (Miss Taro)
Eunice Gayson (Sylvia Trench)
Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny)
Peter Burton (Major Boothroyd)
Yvonne Shima (Sister Lily)
Michelle Mok (Sister Rose)
Louis Blaazer (Playdell-Smith)
Reginald Carter (Jones)
William Foster-Davis (Superintendant Duff)
Marguerite Le Wars (photographer)
Dolores Keater (Mary)
Colonel Cornett Burton (General Potter)
Lester Prendergast (Puss-Feller)
Tim Moxton (Strangways)
Bob Simmons (James Bond in opening titles - uncredited)
Margaret Ellery (stewardess- uncredited)
John Hatton (radio operator - uncredited)
Stanley Morgan (concierge In casino - uncredited)
Milton Reid (Dr No's guard - uncredited)
Maxwell Shaw (communications foreman - uncredited)
Monica van der Syl (voice of Honey Ryder - uncredited)
Bob Simmons (James Bond in gunbarrel sequence - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

James Bond is assigned to discover why US space rockets are being sent off course. On a Caribbean island, he discovers that the culprit is Oriental scientist Dr No, agent for the globe-spanning secret organisation SPECTRE. (Full synopsis)

A solid start to the long running franchise - nothing spectacular, just a good story, well told with a career defining performance from Sean Connery in the central role. All too often overlooked in the wake of the bigger, flashier sequels, but a fine movie in its own right. (Full  review)

UK
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists
Video Distributor: MGM/UA (PES 99210)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists

Finland
Rating: K-16

Germany
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 12 (1978); 15 (subsequent releases)

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: PG
Like many of the early Bond films, Dr No was heavily cut when it first shown on British TV - one Christmas Day it was memorably crammed into a slot that lasted just over an hour!

USA
Rating: PG

The first James Bond film!

The first James Bond film adventure

My name is Bond, James Bond!

Now... meet the extraordinary gentleman spy in all fiction... James Bond, Agent 007...'

That master of undercover operations is on his way!

Agente 007 licenza di uccidere - Italian title
Agent 007 - Mission Dr No - ??
James Bond 007 contre Dr No - French title
James Bond 007 contre legen Dr No - German (?) title
James Bond 007 jagt Dr No - German title
James Bond Agent 007 - mod ratt od doda - Swedish title
El Satanico Dr No - Spanish title

SEQUELS
From Russia With Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Live and Let Die (1973)
The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Octopussy (1983)
A View To a Kill (1985)
The Living Daylights (1987)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Goldeneye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)

SEE ALSO
Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Dr No Featurette (1963)
Carry On Spying (1964)
Casino Royale (1967)
Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1989)
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987)
Inside Dr No (2000)
The James Bond Story (1999)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Spiceworld - The Movie (1997)
Terence Young: Bond Vivant (2000)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002)

MAGAZINES

Amateur Cine World November 1962 p.691
editorial (on Maurice Binder's titles by Tony Rose)

Amateur Movie-Maker January 1963 pp.69-71
illustrated article (by Maurice Binder on creating the main titles)

Classic Images 107 (May 1984) p.9
illustrated video review (by John A Cardello)

Film Daily 19 March 1963 p.7
review (by Mandel Herbstman)

Films & Filming September 1989 (reprint of Nov 1962) p.66
illustrated review (by Richard Whitehall)

The Hollywood Reporter Friday 15 March 1963 p.3
review (by James Powers)

The Hollywood Reporter 12 April 1982 p.3
interview with Albert Broccoli (by Robert Osborne)

Kine Weekly 6 September 1962 p.15
review (by anonymous)

Monthly Film Bulletin October 1962 p.135
review, synopsis, credits

Motion Picture Herald 3 April 1963 (Production Digest Section) p.785 - 786
review (by C.S.A.)

New Statesman 9 October 1962
review (by John Coleman)

Scene 5 October 1962
review (by Derek Hill)

Sight and Sound Autumn 1962
illustrated review (by Penelope Houston)

The Spectator 12 October 1962
review (by I. Cameron)

The Times 5 October 1962
review (by unknown)

NEWSPAPERS

Daily Express 5 October 1962
review (by Leonard Moseley)

Daily Mail 5 October 1962
review (by Cecil Wilson)

Daily Worker 6 October 1962
review (by Nina Hibbin)

Evening News 4 October 1962
review (by F. Barker)

Evening Standard 4 October 1962
review (by Alexander Walker)

Film Daily 8 March 1963 p.3
illustrated US premiere report

Variety 17 October 1962
review (by Rich)

BOOKS

Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang! pp.3-19
article, credits, review

secret agents; james bond; spies; spaceships; mad doctors; underground; islands; carribean; nuclear reactors; superstitions; secret weapons; tanks; secret organisations; scientists

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008