From Russia With Love (1963)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1963
Running Times: 115 mins
Length: colour
Format:
Colour Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Production Company: Eon Productions

PRODUCERS
Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Production Manager: Bill Hill

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Richard Maibaum
Novel: Ian Fleming
Adaption: Johanna Harwood
Continuity: Kay Mander

DIRECTION
Director: Terence Young
Assistant Director: David Anderson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ted Moore
Camera Operator: Johnny Winbolt
2nd Unit Camera: Robert Kindred

EDITING
Editor: Peter Hunt
Assembly Editor: Ben Rayner

MUSIC
Music: John Barry
Song: Lionel Bart
Song Performed By: Matt Monro (rn: Terry Parsons)
Music Recorded At: CTS Studios, London

SOUND
Sound Recording: John W. Mitchell, C. Le Mesurier
Dubbing Editors: Norman Wanstall, Harry Miller

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Basil Newall, Paul Rabiger
Hair: Eileen Warwick
Costume Designer: Jocelyn Rickards
Wardrobe Mistress: Eileen Sullivan
Wardrobe Master: Ernie Farrer

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: John Stears
Assistant Special Effects: Frank George
Title Designer: Robert Brownjohn
Assistant Titles: Trevor Bond
Titles Photography: Frank Tidy (uncredited)

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Syd Cain
Assistant Art Director: Michael White
Set Dresser: Freda Pearson

MISCELLANEOUS
Istanbul Production Assistant: Ilham Filmer

LOCATIONS
Studio: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Location Manager: Frank Ernst

STUNTS
Stunt Arranger: Peter Perkins

CAST
Sean Connery (James Bond)
Pedro Armendariz (Kerim Bey)
Lotte Lenya (Rosa Klebb)
Robert Shaw (Red Grant)
Bernard Lee (M)
Daniela Bianchi (Tatiana Romanova)
Eunice Gayson (Sylvia)
Walter Gotell (Morzeny)
Francis de Wolff (Vavra)
George Pastell (train conductor)
Nadja Regin (Kerim's girl)
Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny)
Aliza Gur (Vida)
Martine Beswick (Zora)
Vladek Sheybal (Kronsteen)
Hasan Ceylan (foreign agent)
Leila (belly dancer)
Fred Haggerty (Krilencu)
Neville Jason (Rolls chauffeur)
Peter Bayliss (Benz)
Nushet Ataer (Mehmet)
Peter Brayham (Rhoda)
Desmond Llewelyn (Boothroyd)
Jan Williams (masseuse)
Peter Madden (McAdams)
? (real name: Anthony Dawson) (Ernst Stavro Blofeld)
Anthony Dawson (Number One - uncredited)
Eric Pohlman (voice of Number One - uncredited)
Bill Hill (Nash - uncredited)
Julie Mendez (dancer in title sequence - uncredited)
Bob Simmons (James Bond in gunbarrel sequence - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

James Bond becomes the target of a vendetta waged by the leader of SPECTRE - he plans to use Bond to gain access to a secret Russian decoding device which is being smuggled out by an unwitting Soviet agent. (Full Synopsis)

Bond goes from strength to strength in this worthy follow up to Dr No (1962). Terence Young's direction is spot on, the pace never slackens and Connery perfects his Bond performance. A true gem. (Full Review)

UK
Video Distributor: Warner

UK
Rating: PG
The British Board of Film Censors expressed some concerns about the scene in which a SPECTRE cameraman films Bond and Romanova making love. The Board advised the producers to keep the "sweating cameraman" as obscure as possible or face the consequences of having the entire vital sequence removed.

POSTER TAGS

Meet James Bond, Secret Agent 007. His new incredible women... His new incredible enemies... His new incredible adventures...

Agent 007 Sees Red - translated Swedish title
Desde Rusia con amor - Italian title (?)
Hearty Kisses From Russia - translated French title
Love and Kisses From Russia - translated Belgian title
Love Greetings From Moscow - translated German title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
James Bond
Inside From Russia With Love
Harry Saltzman: Showman

SEQUEL TO
Dr No (1962)

SEQUELS
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)

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

MAGAZINES

Amateur Cine World vol.6 no.20 (14 November 1963) p.770 (UK)
review

Broadcast 6 November 1998 p.6 (UK)
short article (Battle of the Bonds)

Film Daily vol.124 no.39 (27 February 1964) p.6 (USA)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.30 no.358 (November 1963) p.155 (UK)
review

Sight and Sound vol.2 no.4 (August 1992) p.69 (UK)
note

TV Times 18 - 24 April 1987 pp.34, 68 (UK)
TV data, review, credits

TV Times 16 - 22 February 1991 pp.35, 22 (UK)
TV data, review, credits

BOOKS

British National Film Catalogue vol.1 (1963)
credits

Elliot's Guide to Films on Video p.310
short review, some credits, video data

Hoffman's Guide to Horror, SF and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.146
short review, some credits

Kiss Kiss, Bang! Bang! pp.20-29
illustrated credits, review, making of data

Sean Connery (Robert Tanitch) pp.48-50
illustrated review, credits

The Incredible World of 007 (2nd edition) pp.20-27, 146
illustrated review, credits, making of data

The James Bond Films pp.23-
illustrated review, credits, making of data

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits, review source

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Last Updated: 15 October, 2008